Previously, when Bai Shoujing went to Timur's Wild Wolf Lake to smuggle salt and iron, the centurions under his command had heard of Bai Shoujing's name and even seen him.
Therefore, when Zuan heard him introduce himself, he did not dare to neglect him.
Bai Shoujing was put on horseback by Zuan's men and brought to Timur after a bumpy ride.
"Second Master Bai, I thought you were dead? I didn't expect you to be still alive!"
Timur looked at the man in front of him with a pale face, sunken eye sockets, tattered clothes, disheveled hair, and hands that had turned white from salt and alkali, and couldn't believe that he was Bai Shoujing.
A few months ago, Bai Shoujing was full of energy and looked wealthy.
When Bai Shoujing saw the familiar majestic face of the silver-armored captain and the elite Tatar cavalry around him, he felt as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
He burst into tears and cried hoarsely:
"Lord Timur! It was that damned Zhao Muyun. When your people were chasing us, he and his men ran into the Gobi Desert. I left a mark for your people, and then he captured me and my men."
"Your people chased in, and just at that narrow gap, several hundred more Wuhuan appeared."
"The Wuhuan people, along with Zhao Muyun and his men, killed your men and stripped them of their armor."
"They took me to a lake in the Gobi Desert. Luckily, I knew the water was half salty and half fresh, so I agreed to make salt for them. That's how I managed to survive."
"Is the battle of Shuozhou over? Did you win? Lord Timur, you must kill Zhao Muyun and destroy his beacon tower to avenge me!"
"Also, he stole 600 kilograms of coarse salt and 300 kilograms of pig iron from us! Those were originally meant for you..."
Bai Shoujing kept talking and crying to Timur about his painful experience and hatred for Zhao Muyun.
He asked anxiously, as if the news of Zhao Muyun's death was his only comfort at the moment.
Timur looked at his former partner coldly, without any sympathy in his eyes, only scrutiny and the value of exploitation.
He rudely interrupted Bai Shoujing's sobbing, his voice carrying a cruel reality:
"Shut up! Zhao Muyun? He's now the captain of the Seven Prefectures of Dayin, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. He's become a major threat to us Beidi! Killing him? Humph, how easy is that!"
In the Battle of Shuozhou, Zhao Muyun led a group of people into the grassland to harass the rear of King Zhelan and captured King Zhelan's family. King Zhelan was forced to withdraw his troops.
Timur was also stripped of his military power because of this incident.
When talking about Zhao Muyun, he gritted his teeth.
But one has to admit it, because compared with Ogedeu's death in Yinzhou, Jochi's capture at Feihu Ridge, and the flooding of King Zhelan and King Loufan, these are just a drizzle!
"Wha…what?"
But when Bai Shoujing heard this, he was struck by lightning and was completely stunned.
He had never expected that during the few months he was trapped in the Gobi Salt Lake, such earth-shaking changes would take place outside.
Zhao Muyun, the captain of the beacon tower who he once regarded as someone who could be manipulated at will, actually now controls a large number of troops and holds a high position of power?
It's only been a few months! Did Zhao Muyun take off like a rocket?
The huge impact left him speechless for a moment.
Timur was not interested in his shock and directly asked the most concerned question: "Where are the Wuhuan people near the salt lake? Where did they escape to? What is the situation at the salt lake?"
Bai Shoujing shuddered at Timur's cold gaze and quickly came to his senses.
He didn't know whether the Bai family had also undergone major changes.
What's more, he was reported to the court as having died a heroic death for his country. If he were to return alive, he wouldn't know how to explain it.
First, please Timur, and with his help, find a way to return to Wuzhou City, Shuozhou, and contact your son Bai Sheng.
He immediately replied with flattery and eagerness: "Kusuma people? They ran away! All of them ran away! Just before you arrived, they got wind of it and all ran away!"
"Salt Lake...Salt Lake is a treasure trove, Lord Timur! The water in the lake becomes coarse salt when dried!"
"However, every two weeks a horse team comes to transport the coarse salt away."
Timur's eyes flashed, Bai Shoujing's words completely confirmed his judgment.
The fine salt smuggled from Yinzhou to the Beidi grassland should be processed from the coarse salt shipped from here.
As long as he controlled this place, Zhao Muyun would have no endless supply of coarse salt to purify fine salt.
He immediately ordered a trusted captain beside him: "Quickly send someone, one man and two horses, to rush back to Yunzhou day and night to report to King Zhelan!"
"Just say I've found the source of Yinzhou's fine salt—the Gobi Salt Lake!"
"This place is of vital importance. I request that Your Majesty send elite troops to support us immediately. We must defend the salt lake and hunt down the fleeing Wuhuan people. We must not allow Zhao Muyun another chance to lay hands on this place!"
"Yes, sir!"
Bai Chang received the order and immediately selected the fastest horse and rider. Carrying Timur's handwritten letter, he rushed towards Yunzhou like an arrow.
What kind of fine salt? Can Zhao Muyun even purify fine salt?
Bai Shoujing seemed to have sensed something from the conversation between Timur and his confidant.
He wanted to ask but didn't dare.
After all, he seems to have no value to Timur now.
Timur then asked Bai Shoujing in detail about some things about the salt lake.
Bai Shoujing also learned about Zhao Muyun's situation from Timur.
He...he married my niece Bai Ruolan? What about my son Bai Sheng? Bai Shoujing was determined to return to Shuozhou even at the risk of his life. There was so much he wanted to know.
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Just when Bai Shoujing was about to beg Timur to send someone to take him to the secret passage on Black Camel Mountain, a horseman came galloping towards Timur.
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