Law of the Devil

In fact, the contents of these four letters are almost exactly the same. Except for the different names of the recipients, the contents of the four letters are roughly the same.

First of all, he praised the king as "the great master of the grassland" in a humble and respectful tone, and then expressed his determination to lead his troops to be loyal. Finally, it was agreed that on the day of the decisive battle, I would lead 40,000 sons of iron cavalry, enter from the side of the battlefield, join the battle, and die for the great king! ! At the same time, in order to be able to attack the enemy unexpectedly on the battlefield and catch the opponent by surprise, I ask the great king to keep a secret. After defeating the enemy in the future, I must kneel down in front of the king...

And the signature at the end of this letter is the son of the slave girl who has always been looked down upon by the princes, Saladin.

If it was only Saladin's signature, I'm afraid the four princes might not believe it. But the problem is, after Saladin received this "vote of integrity", the four of them received another letter at the same time! !

And this letter made the four "Prairie Kings" have to be fooled!

This is an autographed letter from Hanmoye. It is the same as the previous one. The content of the letter received by the four princes this time is actually the same.

In his letter, Hanmoye expressed sincerely that he did not accept your call when he was in the royal court, but led people away, which was not an act of fear and defection. After all, if your own tribe is small, with a population of only 30,000 and a military strength of only a few thousand, it will not be of much help at all. My own departure is actually to preserve my strength, and at the same time to find reinforcements for you!

And now. I have tried my best to convince Saladin, the youngest prince. And Saladin has expressed his willingness to join you with me. Together with him, I have tens of thousands of troops. In this way, I can give you a lot of help.

On the day of the decisive battle, I and Saladin will enter from the side of the battlefield with soldiers and horses, and then...

After receiving the secret letter written by Hanmoye, the four princes were really fooled.

Who is Hamuyah? That was his own uncle, his father's brother, in the royal court. He also has an excellent personal relationship with the princes.

No one believed that Hamuye would harm himself...and no one thought that Hamuye would "take refuge" with Saladin. After all, Hanmoyed is the real noble prince! And Saladin... that's just a boy born to a slave girl, a bastard, who got to where he is today by flattering his father! snort……

Moreover, what must be pointed out is that the end of Hamuyah's letter clarifies one more point!

"Respected king. I think that although Saladin agreed to help us, we can't fully trust this little bastard. I will help you to monitor him carefully... But, my troops are limited. It is really difficult to be effective" Control him, so please send some troops to assist me, it doesn't take much, just give me another five thousand troops, and I can keep a close eye on this guy, if he dares to make a slight move, I can... "

It was the last passage that moved the four princes.

Everyone of them was overjoyed—as expected, it was the idea of ​​the prince, the think tank of our royal court! Humph, that bastard kid. Most of them are unreliable! What's more, uncle only wants five thousand people, just five thousand people, and he can still squeeze it out! After staring at that kid, he will have to send 30,000 to 40,000 people! In this way, it is a very worthwhile thing.

Although the strength of his own men is also very tense. But squeezing out 5,000 people is barely enough.

Therefore, after receiving the "secret letter", the four deceived "Prairie Kings" fantasized in their hearts that they could get the support of Saladin and Hamuye, and had no choice but to agree to Hamuye's request.

There were three princes who immediately ordered five thousand horses to come, and quietly left their camp far away overnight. As for the fourth prince, he really didn't have any extra troops, so he simply ordered a small tribe to join him. The whole thing was sent out.

In Salah al-Dinhamuye's letters to the four princes, the location and time of contact are different. So this happened:

In the following three days, four different times and four different locations. After the four teams arrived at the designated contact point, they all met the "loyal" Prince Hamuyed and his team as promised.

Then...waiting for these dupes is the only fate: first, they are deceived by Hamuyah and become defenseless, and then in this place that has been ambushed by Saladin, they are so heavily surrounded that even a bird cannot fly out. Finally laying down their arms, they could only accept their fate. Surrender is reorganized!

All Hanmuye had to do was to go to four places and perform four plays in three days.

And Saladin, without a single soldier, just used a letter, in exchange for more than 20,000 horses!

Even Hanmoye, who is known as the "brain tank", admires this unconstrained and bold idea.

But what he didn't know was that this idea was not something that Saladin could come up with.

After completing this plan, Saladin secretly met with Alpha. Alpha faced this gloomy prairie man. Although he didn't like this guy, out of his loyalty to Du Wei, he still accomplished his mission brilliantly.

"Your Excellency the Duke, let me tell you that this plan for you is the last time he helped you, and the rest of the matter will depend on you. We will not give you any free help, starting from today , any help will come at a price."

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The four "grassland kings" who didn't know that they had "lost" 5,000 troops were still dreaming. They believed that they had already gained an advantage in strength with the support of the coalition forces of Hanmuye and Saladin.

But when the day of the decisive battle came, reality severely crushed their fantasies!

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The four princes, who were coveted by the wolves on the grassland, finally made up their minds to fight! Because they couldn't drag on any longer, they had to defeat their brothers as quickly as possible, and then, with the posture of being strong and victorious, they could make those coveted tribes surrender.

This is the only way.

then. On this morning, people and horses from all over the world gathered on this grassland, the drums were beating, the horns were blowing, the cavalry polished their scimitars, the horses' noses were breathing white gas, and they kicked their hooves uneasily...

The bright scimitar shone golden rays under the sun.

And ridiculously so. Four princes, but looking at the battlefield at the same time

... Waiting for their "surprise reinforcements". .

At noon, when the sun was shining overhead, there were faint sounds of horseshoes coming from the side of the battlefield. Then, above the horizon, a large cloud of dust was raised. I don't know how many cavalry are coming at gallop. That cloud of dust. Without any doubt. Stimulated the confidence of the four prairie kings!

And, before the dust. A troop of cavalry galloped, and the flags they held were indeed Saladin and Prince Hamuyeh! !

The most ridiculous and ironic scene happened at this moment.

The four prairie kings were almost at the same time. Pointing to the dust flying in the distance. Then he turned around, and with the confidence of a victor, he shouted at his subordinates with a flushed face, "Look! My brave sons! Do you see those people in the distance! Those are rare The reinforcements brought to us by Prince Muye!! Our reinforcements have arrived!! Victory belongs to us!! Now, raise your scimitars and charge the enemy!!"

Although there are some people. I feel that although the flying dust is very loud... But the sound of horseshoes coming from a distance does not seem to be as much as imagined. But at this tense moment. No one has time to dwell on these questions.

So...the charge horn sounded, and the soldiers raised their scimitars and urged their horses. The relentless rush began...

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"Do you think they will be fooled?" Salah al-Din smiled at Hamuye who was standing next to him.

Hanmoye thought for a while, and he immediately said: "Yes, my lord. Also... I admire your strategy, hmph, only a thousand cavalry were used, and the horses were dragged around on the ground with branches tied behind them. Go, it raised so much dust...they must think by now that we have sent out the whole army to help them."

Saladin smiled darkly: "Then...now. Let us mount our horses and get ready to go."

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On the grassland, the four groups of people combined totaled more than 100,000. They have already slammed into each other fiercely, like a huge meat grinder, crushing all life that can be involved! !

Howling sound, fighting and killing. Shouts, screams...

When the battle went on for a long time, the four "Prairie Kings" discovered angrily that the "reinforcements" they had hoped for had not joined the battle! And sent to the people. Come back to report the news, let the four kings. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood from his horse and passed out!

The so-called reinforcements here are only a thousand people... The dust all over the sky was brought up by the branches tied behind the horses. Moreover, when the battle started, they... all ran away! !

"Damn Saladin!! Damn Hamuyah!!"

Still, the four prairie kings. Among the respective army formations, the most vicious curse was issued at the same time. However, they still made a decision by coincidence.

It is impossible to stop the fight! In the current situation, whoever retreats will die!

The four great kings ordered at the same time to let their last reserve team, the whole army rush forward!

Life and death, at this moment! !

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At this time, where are Saladin's men?

He sent four teams. Each team is 5,000 people. And these five thousand people were dressed in the costumes of the five thousand people sent by the older brothers. Under their banner, when they were fighting inextricably on the battlefield, they quietly approached the base camp of the four grassland kings...

Saladin's order was simple.

"Quick! Everything must be done quickly! If you can grab it, grab it! If you can't take it away, burn it! One blow is the leg, no one is allowed to delay!"

The four princes who had devoted all their forces to the decisive battle had an empty base camp exposed to Saladin's minions. This time, he decided to end his lifelong hatred in this battle! !

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The winter of the nine hundred and sixty-third year of the Roland Empire.

The footsteps of winter are coming gradually.

Du Wei was sitting in the Governor's Mansion in Loulan City. Received the last secret report on the grassland. This is also the last letter from Alpha, and then. Alpha will also end his two-year grassland career and return to Desa province.

In that decisive battle between the four "Prairie Kings", Saladin sent troops to surprise the camp of the four brothers after releasing a huge pigeon from the four brothers. Looted a lot of materials and wealth, and even plundered a lot of slave population. Finally swaggered away.

And on the battlefield. The fierce battle continued until dark. The four beasts fought to the last drop of blood. at last. The two princes were killed on the spot. And there was one, seeing that the general situation was over, he had to leave the battlefield with his remnant army. When he fled, there were only less than 6,000 cavalry around him, and most of them were wounded.

The final "winner". He is the eldest son of the former Prairie King. It's a pity that the victor also paid a huge price... After he finally counted the results of the battle, he found out. Plus after the collection of prisoners of war. own full strength. There are less than 30,000 people left.

And... his base camp was also copied by Saladin.

30,000 people... defeated by 30,000 remnants. What else do you call a king?

So, take advantage of the dark night. The "victor" set a fire, burned the battlefield, and also burned his own "king flag", and then took people with him. Left towards the southeast.

And the only winner of this war. Only Saladin!

His strength expanded by a level. After the war, he already had a population of nearly 100,000 and owned 60,000 cavalry!

This strength, on the grassland, is already considered a first-class tribe.

and. Smart Saladin. Firmly remember Du Wei's advice in the letter he once gave him: Slow down to become king!

From the beginning to the end, he did not erect the king's banner. Why is the Prairie King not self-reliant. Instead, he took his army and devoured all the snobbery weaker than himself that could be found around him step by step, and then took advantage of the disintegration of the royal court. The short-lived vacuum of power in the southwest of the grassland rapidly strengthened his capital...

When winter comes, Saladin already has an army of more than 100,000! He became one of the most powerful leaders on the grassland!

And his last two remaining brothers. One fled with thousands of remnants at the beginning, but on the way, because of the defeat, he lost his prestige and was killed by the rebel subordinates.

The other big prince. He went south with 30,000 horses, but was annexed by another big tribe, and the head of that big prince. It was also cut down.

In winter, on the grassland, several large tribes jointly issued a declaration, demanding that all tribal leaders. Take people to the former site of the "Wang Ting", hold a grassland tribal meeting, and re-

King of the Prairie.

Saladin who received the news. But he just sneered and tore up the letter casually. .

Then, Saladin smiled, showing his white teeth, looked at his uncle Hamuye who was beside him in the tent, and sneered, "The Roland Duke Tulip once told me not to trust any so-called elected kings, real kings, Not by election! Hmph! If you want to get true allegiance, you can’t do such a boring thing like election! The only way is to conquer with your scimitar! Completely conquer the enemy. Anyone who does not obey Kill, and finally, the remaining people will become your own people, and only then can you get true allegiance."

"So...we're not going to this convention?" Hanmoye asked.

"Participate, why not participate." Saladin said: "You go as my representative. But remember, we only recommend others to be kings, and we are absolutely inappropriate."

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After Du Wei read the last letter, he handed it to Philip beside him. Philip finished reading with a smile, and then he nodded: "Your Excellency, it seems... In the next ten years, we don't have to worry about the threat of the grassland."

Du Wei nodded and approved Philip's words.

"The royal family in the past was too powerful to hold the entire grassland, so the grassland talents will quietly unite under the royal court. But now, the most powerful royal family has disintegrated. The remaining big tribes, even the largest tribes, The strength is far from enough to hold down the entire grassland, and there is no overwhelming advantage. Therefore, even if someone is elected to become the king, he still cannot sit firmly in this position, and new challengers will stand up soon, setting off a new challenge. According to our calculations, the civil war of the prairie people may last at least seven or eight years, and there is an ambitious guy like Saladin. The time may be longer. Therefore, within ten years, we don’t have to worry about these Prairie people."

From the beginning to time. Du Wei never thought about conquering the grassland. He knew that with the current state of the empire, it was impossible to do this - no matter it was power. There is still time. None are allowed.

Du Wei never thought of sending troops to invade the grassland. Even if the prairie people are seriously injured, even if Du Wei can win the war, "winning the battle" and "completely conquering" are completely different.

Winning a war is easy, but conquering the grasslands and such a nation is definitely not something that can be done in a short period of time. In that case, it would instead drag one's own army into a quagmire.

so. Du Wei's goal. It is to let the grassland fall into chaos. Serious civil unrest. The civil war that lasted for several years has caused the grassland people to be torn apart, and their strength has been greatly damaged! ! so. Du Wei can then concentrate all his attention on dealing with more important enemies.

"Then, we can evacuate the small army stationed in the northwest corridor." Philip said with a smile: "In the past six months, we have just transported water every day. It has consumed too much."

"Withdraw...half." Du Wei thought for a while: "The border cannot be undefended. It is enough to leave half of the people."

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In the afternoon, Du Wei walked out of the study, rubbing his sore temples. Then he let out a long sigh.

Looking at the sky, it seems that it is going to snow.

He didn't bring any followers, and walked directly through the corridor to the other side of the castle. Came to a room upstairs.

In the room, came the melodious sound of the piano.

Pushing open the door, there are still several beautiful girls dancing, and the person sitting in the middle playing the piano...

Du Wei suddenly felt himself in a trance, and he sighed after he saw clearly.

Ai Lu, the female assassin of Daxue Mountain, was wearing a Roland woman's long dress, sitting in the middle - even her posture of playing the piano. They are so much like that beautiful girl who is as calm as the moonlight.

Du Wei walked into the room with his hands behind his hands, and then let everyone go out, leaving only Ai Lu.

Ai Lu's expression was very gloomy, and she even looked at Du Wei with provocative eyes.

In fact, in the few months after Hanyue's death. Her attitude towards Du Wei has always been like this, but Du Wei didn't make it difficult for her. Even if she made a big fuss, Du Wei just locked her up for two days.

"You...what are you doing here again." Ai Lu stared at Du Wei: "Are you going to send someone to kill you again this time?"

Du Wei shook his head, then stretched out his hand from behind, a ray of light flashed in his hand, he had already taken out something from the magic ring and held it in his hand.

This is a small organ with crystal clear strings. It was obviously scoured every day and it was spotless.

"You play the piano very well." Du Wei said softly, "So, this pair of pianos is for you."

Elle didn't speak.

Du Wei's next words made Ai Lu's body shake violently.

"This Qin...was left by her. After she left, this Qin has been in my hands."

Ai Lu took the piano, and gently stroked the strings with her fingers.

Afterwards, Du Wei walked to the window and looked into the distance. Turning his back to Ai Lu: "Play a part for me."

Ai Lu seemed to want to object, but the words came to her lips. But somehow, it became: "What do you want to hear!"

Du Wei was silent for a while, and then said: "You can play whatever music she likes to play in the past."

The soft and harmonious sound of the strings sounded, and the smooth tune fell into Du Wei's ears, and he sighed.

His eyes set far into the distance.

The direction he was looking at was true north! !

The dark clouds in the sky are very low...

"It seems to be snowing soon." Du Wei murmured as if in a low voice: "One year has passed. One year... two years left... Time flies so fast, only two years left gone."

Although this guy turned his back to her, and I couldn't see his expression, Ai Lu clearly felt that the voice of this young duke, who was more majestic on weekdays, was full of exhaustion!

Yes, exhaustion.

It was the kind of exhaustion that seemed to hollow out the heart.

"Two years... what does he mean by two years. And...he is like this now, he wants wind and rain, is there anything else that makes him so worried and tired..." Ai Lu In my heart, I thought quietly. .