Now that he has roughly grasped the intention of the governor's wife, Xia Ya calmed down immediately. He glanced at the few Besta officers in front of him.
The faces of these people have changed wildly, and some of them have been nervous and can't help pressing their hands on the hilt of the knife at their waists, staring at Xia Ya tightly.
The head of the person, with a hoarse voice, gritted his teeth word by word: "General Xia, are you going to hand us over?"
Xia Ya glanced at the man, and suddenly smiled: "Pay? Pay what?"
Saying that, Xia Ya's eyes crossed the man in front of him and landed directly on the face of his own guard at the door. He said lightly, "The Besta people say there are deserters? Since we are friendly troops, we still need to help with this little task. Send two groups of people out to help them find the surrounding area along the river." After a pause, he added: "As for what they sent... Hey, accept it. They are all kind, and we are embarrassed. If you refuse, let people communicate directly outside the camp. No one is allowed to enter my military camp without my order, understand?"
After his personal guards were ordered to go out, Xia Ya sneered: "It's only 20 cars, and I look down on me too much. Is my army a beggar? I just want to send me away with this little thing."
After speaking, it seemed that he glanced at the trembling Besta people in front of him again: "You guys will stay with me first, and before our army leaves one day, I'll try to send you to the imperial capital to see your general."
When these Besta people heard it, their expressions were relieved at first, but then they came back, and the man in the lead immediately said anxiously: "General Xia, you, are you planning to ignore this? Now only you can save me. We General Lear..."
Xia Ya smiled, with an amiable face, but the words she said were cold: "Save? How do you want me to save? Do I send troops to attack the imperial capital and snatch your generals out? Leave him as a hostage in the imperial capital, but the emperor's Orders. Once the emperor orders, it is extremely difficult to change. Even if you want to change your mind, you can’t do it with a few sentences. It takes time to slowly clear up the relationship, and then you can impress the emperor—you should step back first.”
After saying this, the faces of several Besta people were ashen, and the man in the lead wanted to say something, but Xia Ya looked indifferent. The man could only take a deep breath and lead him down temporarily.
Xia Ya frowned and said to himself: "It's funny, for such an important matter, who is Lao Tzu? To save Lear, it takes a lot of money, just begging twice in two sentences, and asking me to help, although Lao Tzu looks at that Lear is still pleasing to the eye, but he doesn't have much friendship with him. If he doesn't offer any benefits, he asks me to help. Are these Besta people taking advantage of me
Although she said that, this time, the governor's wife was really ruthless. She used such a strategy to trap Lear in the imperial capital. Pull out Lear's power by the roots, and then Lear will really be useless.
Although I have a covenant with the governor's wife, that woman is too shrewd in her actions. If I don't guard against her, Xia Ya is also uneasy, but she can't watch Lear sit still, leave this Lear, and give it to that person all the time. It's good for women to make trouble and make trouble.
Thinking of this, Xiaya sat down with the case, took out a pen and paper, and wrote a letter.
This letter was written to General Adric. The letter stated the internal situation of the Besta people, the division of forces, etc., and explained these. As long as Adric read it, he would naturally understand the greatness of the imperial capital this time. The guys were fooled by the governor's wife. Not only did they fail to check and balance Besta's power, but instead, they helped the governor's wife to smooth out the internal hidden dangers.
But halfway through writing the letter, Xiaya suddenly moved in his heart, grabbed the letter and tore it into pieces, then threw it into the burning brazier next to it and burned it to ashes.
He took out another piece of paper and wrote another letter, but this time it was not addressed to Adrick. The letter was written to the Prime Minister of the Empire, Sarum Bonelli!
The content of the letter was similar to the previous one, but at the end there were a few more words, saying that General Lear and himself were friends, staying in the imperial capital, and asking the Prime Minister to take care of Yunyun...
After Xia Ya finished writing, there was a smile in his eyes, and he summoned a personal guard, folded the letter, and handed it to his subordinate: "You go into the city with this letter, and wait for our army to leave. After that, wait for two more days to send this letter to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Remember, you must wait for two days after our army is dispatched before sending it!"
With his personal guards leading the way, Xia Ya smiled and leaned back on the chair to stretch.
…
After Xi Ya made arrangements here, the military refit continued in an orderly manner.
A day later, when everything in the army was ready, they finally set off for the north.
This time when he returned to the north, Xia Ya still got in touch with the Besta people, and the two armies walked together. It's just that the two armies marched together when they came, but it was different. When they went back, it was the Besta people who marched first. Xiaya's army was separated by a distance of several miles behind the Besta people's army, and they followed in a hurry. .
Moreover, when they came from the south, the army was rushing on light cavalry, but when they returned, there were a lot of materials in the army, and a large number of loot materials and food and grass were seized, and more than a hundred carts were loaded.
In addition, there were hundreds of more women in the army. Those young girls were all maids and servants given to Xia Ya by the wealthy and powerful in the imperial capital. Naturally, these girls could not march on horseback, but had to find carriages to carry them.
As a result, the speed of the march is naturally greatly reduced.
Before Xia Ya left, he had already sent a team of cavalry to pick him up at the old mansion in the Tulip Garden on the outskirts of the imperial capital. Since he had agreed to take Caviehir's disciples north, Xia naturally would not break his promise. The ability of Caviehir's female disciple is also very curious.
It's just that he didn't dare to pick it up himself, lest he see Via and fight again.
Fortunately, the cavalry who went to pick up the people returned smoothly, only picking up the girl named Sophie and Junker, in addition to several servants.
Via is not among them.
Listening to Sophie, Via left alone a day ago and disappeared.
Thinking of the cruel words that Wea had said to him at the beginning, Xia Ya's scalp felt numb.
That woman, maybe staring at her secretly, following her all the way, ready to assassinate at any time...
The army set off smoothly to the north, and the morale of the army was high along the way.
This trip down south was a rewarding experience. The coach was promoted and sealed the duke, and the army got a lot of loot, and there were so many lovely and beautiful young girls. I heard that after returning to Denzel City, Lord Xia will order all these girls to be given to the army. Young unmarried soldier.
In this way, how can morale not be high
Originally there were 3,000 cavalrymen, but there were more than 100 large carriages in the team, and there were hundreds of girls riding on the carriages, and the team was much larger.
There were naturally scouts patrolling the front, back, left and right in the army, and the whole army kept a distance of five miles behind Besta's army and walked slowly.
When the army left the Osgilia Administrative Region and entered the Armenian Military Region, the alert of the entire army suddenly increased.
Armenia is the territory of Hughes, the leader of the rebels. Walking in their territory, of course, we must be vigilant.
However, Xia Ya was very relaxed.
At this time, the rebels had already suffered a major defeat, and in the imperial capital, Adric was assembling the army to prepare for the battle, and he was going to counterattack in a few days. This guy Hughes is not a fool. Naturally, he has to accumulate strength to prepare for Adrick's counterattack, so he will not rashly come out to fight himself - but he has made it clear that he is going north to return to More County, and there is no conflict with these rebels for the time being. .
He Hughes is not a fool. At this time, he will not come to fight with himself for no reason, and lose his strength in vain.
Sure enough, after the army entered the Armenian Military Region, they marched all the way. Although the scouts came to report that there were Armenian light cavalry small groups of people around, keeping a distance to monitor their own army, but they did not intend to come up to harass.
The meaning of the other party seems to be obvious: just watch Char's army pass through the border safely.
Even when the army was walking, it passed through some villages and towns, stopped for repairs, replenished fresh water, etc. The Armenian army never came up to interfere.
On this day, the army walked along the main road to Merika, the capital city of the Armenian Military Region.
It's not the first time that Char has come to Merika City. This important town in the Armenian military region has long been closed, and the army above the city defense is standing by, watching the passing army on the road below the city.
The Armenian army is known for its elite soldiers and armor. When Xia Ya looked at the city of Merika from afar, the defenders were indeed well-armed and well-equipped.
This road is half a mile away from the city defense. Char's cavalry went all the way north. When they bypassed the city defense, Xiaya brought a few personal guards to stop by the roadside to watch the city defense, but suddenly saw the city gate of Merika City open. A horse galloped out and ran towards the road.
The Armenian cavalry came running, and the scouts from Xia immediately greeted him. The other party shouted from a distance: "My governor has something to say, pass it on to General Xia Yaleiming!"
Hearing the other party's cry, it was clearly a messenger who sent a letter, but the scout cavalry here in Xia still did not relax. Yiqi brought it in front of Char.
The cavalry also looked nervous, came to Xiaya, sat on the horse and saluted Xiaya, and said loudly: "Our governor invites General Xiaya Leiming to meet in the next city."
"Oh?" Xia Ya was a little curious, looked at the other party, pondered for a while, and then smiled: "Hughes wants to see me? Let's go and see what he has to say."
Saying that, as soon as he raised his hand, the fifty cavalry guards around him followed him, and followed Xia Ya towards the city defense.
The fifty cavalry came under the city defense, and had already entered the range of the city defense army's bows and arrows, and stopped just a few dozen steps under the city wall.
At this time, in the city gate, two teams of Armenian cavalry slowly filed out, surrounded by a tall black horse, and a middle-aged man with bright robes on it was Hughes.
Seeing so many Armenian cavalry rushing out from under the city gate, the fifty guards beside Xia immediately stood by. The cavalrymen raised their lances one after another and stared at each other murderously.
Xia Ya smiled slightly, raised his hand and pressed down: "Okay, let's put down your weapons. I have heard for a long time that Governor Hughes is a nobleman and invited me to come for a meeting, so he won't take the opportunity to do anything."
With his ability, naturally he would not take such a small scene in his eyes.
This Hughes is also a bit daring. Char Ya's cavalry is crossing the border outside the city, but they dare to open the city gate, and they are not afraid that Xi Ya's cavalry will take advantage of the situation to rush into the city.
In fact, both sides are clear in their hearts, the two sides will not fight at all.
Xia Ya holds his own martial arts, so how can he put those archers on the city defense in his eyes
When Hughes dared to open the city gate, he also saw clearly that Xiaya's team was only three thousand cavalry. .
Since everyone knew they couldn't fight, they naturally relaxed.
Xia Ya raised his hand, let the guards around him stay in place, and slowly rode up on the horse. Hughes on the opposite side saw that Xia Ya was riding the horse alone, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. After a slight hesitation, he was about to ride a horse. When he came up, a young attendant suddenly appeared beside him, and said in a low voice, "Sir, you can't..."
Hughes snorted: "Xia Yalei Ming dares to come alone, isn't my Hughes' bearing less than his? Step back!"
As he said that, he gently clamped the horse's belly and came up slowly.
However, among the personal guards of Xia Ya in the distance, a tall figure suddenly trembled on the horseback, holding the lance tightly with both hands, his eyes widened, his eyes were full of resentment, and he stared intently. Going down the city, staring at the young entourage who whispered to Hughes just now!
"Ge, Gerry..."
The guard gritted his teeth and his face was ashen.
This personal guard is not someone else, it is Nigur.
After Nigur followed Xia Ya, Xia Ya saw that his body was strong and his martial arts skills were really good. Wei practiced this kid hard.
At this moment, Nigur was in the team and saw the young man beside Hughes at a glance, it was Gerry! It is Gerry, who has a deep hatred with himself!
It was because he was framed and deceived by this person that the imperial city defense was broken...
The later encounters, speaking of them, were all given by this Gerry!
At this moment, the enemy meets, and he is very jealous!
If it weren't for the military discipline among the Xiaya Guards, they would have rushed out on the spot!
How sharply Xia Ya's reaction, when he heard the voice of Gege from his team behind him, he turned his head and saw Nigur gnashing his teeth, gritted his teeth, his heart moved, and he followed Nigur's eyes and saw Gerry!
Char Ya thought for a moment, and immediately recognized Gerry.
After all, he had seen the "Four Shows of the King City" back then.
With a move in his heart, he waved his hand at Nigur and made a gesture that he must not act rashly. Nigur took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the urge in his heart, but he bit his mouth too tightly, and the corners of his mouth were oozing out. A trace of blood.
The main generals of both sides met under the city, and the two sides had already come together on horseback. Hughes, still acting like a nobleman, immediately raised his hand in a salute, seemingly unrestrained and generous, and said with a faint smile: "General Xia Ya."
But Xia Ya just lifted the whip: "Governor Hughes, please invite me to come to the city. Do you have anything to say? If you want to invite me into the city for a drink, you don't have to."
Hughes smiled slightly, and his expression seemed to be very calm: "Drinking in the city, I'm afraid that even if I ask, General Xia Ya will have no time at the moment. Speaking of which, there is nothing else. It's just that General Xia Ya is famous all over the world. , The achievement of destroying the Chixue Army can be described as a famous general of the empire. When you went south, you never had the opportunity to meet each other. Now you are going north. Once we meet, it will definitely make me regret for a long time."
Xia Ya smiled and carefully looked at the rebel leader in front of him.
Speaking of which, he has already learned the whole process of the destruction of the city of Osgilia. This Hughes can actually lead the troops to break the city's defense, no matter whether he used any conspiracy or tricks, such as war, it depends on the result. Win or lose! He can break the Osgilia city defense, such a record is enough to make Xi Yagao look at him.
From Xia Ya's point of view, this Hughes seemed to be a tall and gentle middle-aged man, who looked a bit like a nobleman, but didn't look like a general in the army. Every gesture is full of the majesty of the superior.
It looks like a big noble or a high-ranking official, but it doesn't look like a general who leads troops to break the defense of Osgilia.
After listening to Hughes' words, Xi Ya smiled coldly: "Oh? I just want to see me, so I don't have to make such a big battle, right? Lord Hughes, you and I both understand people, I'm just transiting, time is limited, stay No, if you have anything to say, just say it happily, I am a rough man in the army, and I can't come to those circling false pretences."
Hughes looked at the young man in front of him.
It was the first time he had met with Xia Ya. Seeing that Xia Ya was tall and burly, heroic, and full of energy, he couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: After all, he is a young man, he is young, he is too aggressive, and he speaks so rudely, Hehe, it's a very arrogant and proud temperament.
Hughes couldn't help but be a little more certain, and said slowly: "It's not a lie, it's nothing more than admiring the achievements of General Xia Ya. The ability to destroy the first legion of the Odins is a feat that the empire has not done in a hundred years, General Xia Ya. Young and promising, such a young and handsome man, it would be a pity if we could not see each other while crossing the border. But…”
After a pause, seeing Xia Ya's face really showed a bit of pride, Hughes was even more sure of his guess: this is a very arrogant and young guy who is not difficult to deal with.
"... However, I heard that the general is going north this time, but I have a few words to say."