Chapter 241 Tempting Conditions
The first time Shen Yuexi met King Doma was when the Western Rong army attacked the walls of Langya Pass.
At that time, she ran towards Xiao Zhuo excitedly, and Xiao Zhuo also ran towards her.
Halfway through, she felt a pair of eyes staring at her. The eyes were surprised at first, then brightened, and finally turned into something she didn't understand.
The gaze came from King Thomas.
She was so excited at the time that she didn't consider what King Thomas's gaze meant.
Now she saw the same look from King Thomas again, but his focus did not seem to be on Xiao Zhuo, but rather passed over Xiao Zhuo and focused on her face.
This look made her uneasy. She grabbed Xiao Zhuo's clothes tightly with both hands and hid her face behind him, leaving only a small part exposed.
Xiao Zhuo did not answer King Thomas' words, but held his sword in front of her.
King Doma didn't care. He smiled and said, "Look at the clothes you're wearing. You're disguised as a poor man from Dayan... to avoid being hunted by the Dingbei Army... And your army was completely wiped out by Xiao Beiheng, right? I'm surprised. How could you, who is rumored to have never been defeated, be defeated by Xiao Beiheng?"
Xiao Zhuo said coldly: "I am just an ordinary person, why can't I fail?"
After he finished speaking, he raised the sword.
The hundreds of Xirong cavalrymen closest to him almost all stepped back, leaving King Thomas alone in the front. When everyone realized that something was wrong, they quickly rode forward and protected King Thomas again.
King Thomas looked around with an unhappy look on his face.
"Your Majesty, should you please stand further away when talking to me?" Sumonai, the general of the Western Rong army, rode his horse up to King Doma. "What if Xiao Zhuo suddenly attacks you..."
Ever since Xiao Zhuo kidnapped King Doma, the Xirong army's generals still harbor psychological scars. They always feel that Xiao Zhuo can definitely do anything he wants.
King Thomas glared at Somona and said, "Are you all just racks for drying meat?"
Somona was speechless and could only turn back to signal the soldiers to carefully protect King Thomas.
"Xiao Beiheng can't beat my husband at all. He can't even get past Nanping." Shen Yuexi couldn't stand King Duoma's ridicule and leaned over to defend Xiao Zhuo. "It was the Prince of Xiliang who received the letter from my sister..."
Next, she wanted to say that Meipu had betrayed Xiao Zhuo, but Xiao Zhuo turned his head and stopped her with his eyes.
She then remembered that Xiao Zhuo had said at Meipu's grave that he did not blame Meipu. If he did not blame Meipu, then Xiao Zhuo would not allow her to say anything bad about Meipu.
She stopped talking obediently.
But no matter what Xiao Zhuo thought. Xiao Zhuo's failure was caused by Mei Pu. If the Xiliang army had not given up supporting Nanping, even if Xiao Beiheng took Nanping, Xiao Zhuo would have captured Yongwei and turned around to deal with him, and would not have been caught in a situation where he was attacked from both sides.
Since Xiao Zhuo didn't let her say Mep, then she could just say King Thomas, that should be fine.
"King Duoma, didn't you agree with my husband to a one-year truce? It's been less than six months, so why are you leading your army into Xiliang? As a king, how can you break your promise?"
When Sumonai's army was surrounded by Xiao Zhuo at the Benniu River, Sumonai had a conversation with Xiao Zhuo. If Xiao Zhuo withdrew his troops, it would be regarded as not violating the oath, and Xiao Zhuo did withdraw his troops.
Since Xiao Zhuo did not break his oath, King Duoma's army had already reached Zhangwu City, which was obviously a violation of the oath.
Shen Yuexi thought that it would be great if she could use this to make King Doma withdraw his troops and let her and Xiao Zhuo leave.
Faced with Shen Yuexi's questioning, the smile on King Doma's face began to look a little unnatural.
His army engaged Xiao Beiheng north of Nanping City, and was similarly defeated by Xiao Beiheng. Later, Xiao Beiheng inexplicably withdrew his troops south. He had intended to seize the opportunity to move south as well, but was stopped by Sumonai, who argued that Xiao Zhuo had not violated his oath. Now, if the Western Rong army crossed Nanping and entered Xiliang, it would be King Duoma's fault.
The Western Rong army gathered the armies of all the kings. King Doma could not openly break his oath, so he had to stop north of Nanping City and wait for an opportunity to attack. Seeing that he was unwilling to attack, the other kings withdrew their troops.
Later, a piece of news made King Doma completely change his mind. He learned that Mei Dai had returned to Xiliang from the capital and was between Nanping City and Zhangwu City.
When Mei Dai was a teenager, her fame for beauty spread to the Western Rong. He then considered invading Xiliang, but the old Xiliang King was still in power, so he dared not act. Later, the old Xiliang King sent Mei Dai to the imperial palace, forcing him to compromise and negotiate a division of territory with the Jingzhou army.
He had coveted Meidai for many years, and once he learned that Meidai was right before his eyes, he led his army to attack Nanping. After taking Nanping, he attacked the Xiliang army.
Without a leader, the Western Liang army was unable to confront the Western Rong army and fled in defeat towards Zhangwu. King Duoma, determined to capture Meidai, led his army in relentless pursuit, reaching the north of Zhangwu city.
Now that Shen Yuexi was questioning him about his oath, he was too embarrassed to say that he came for Mei Dai.
After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with a reasonable reason.
"This time, I'm attacking Xiao Beiheng's army," he said, looking at Shen Yuexi. "I made a pact with Xiao Zhuo not to attack Dayan. Now that the King of Qi is raising his army to attack the capital, it's tantamount to rebellion. Naturally, his son's army no longer belongs to Dayan..."
This reason seemed too far-fetched to Shen Yuexi. No matter who he was marching to fight, it was true that he was now standing on the territory of Dayan.
She wanted to say he was making unreasonable arguments, but now they were surrounded. Knowing that King Duoma had violated the contract, she couldn't force him. So she said, "King Duoma, if you want to attack Xiao Beiheng, then go ahead. Xiao Beiheng's troops are stationed inside Zhangwu City. Why are you surrounding us? We are from Dayan."
King Doma didn't dare to reply. If the words mentioned the Western Liang army, he would be at a loss for words.
He turned to Xiao Zhuo and said with a smile, "Xiao Zhuo, I know you were defeated by Xiao Beiheng, and you must have a deep hatred for him. I am the same, and I want to kill Xiao Beiheng as soon as possible."
Xiao Zhuo had been standing there quietly watching Shen Yuexi and King Doma arguing with each other. When King Doma mentioned Xiao Beiheng, he said:
"Why do you hate Xiao Beiheng?
"Before, my army was fighting Xiao Beiheng in the north of Nanping, and my younger brother was accidentally captured by him," King Duoma's eyes flashed with hatred. "If he had killed my younger brother, I wouldn't hate him so much. But he cut off my younger brother's limbs and hung him in front of the camp for public display..."
Shen Yuexi's heart started pounding when she heard this.
This style is indeed something Xiao Beiheng can do.
"Although we are rivals, I am well aware of your abilities, and we can be considered to have a common enemy," King Doma continued to address Xiao Zhuo. "As long as you agree to one condition, I am willing to lend you 50,000 troops to attack Xiao Beiheng, allowing you to regroup and avenge your previous defeat. How do you do it?"
Shen Yuexi's heart moved. This condition should be very tempting to Xiao Zhuo.
An army isn't something you can conjure up out of thin air. Xiao Zhuo's previous 50,000-man army was used to defend the border, but now it's gone. Even if they tried to gather more, it would be impossible. Right now, with only a handful of troops, having an army would mean having everything. Whether it was the Western Liang Army or the Western Rong Army, as long as they were under Xiao Zhuo's command, they were invincible.
Xiao Zhuo asked, "What do you want?"
King Doma laughed heartily, raised the whip in his hand, and pointed at Shen Yuexi behind Xiao Zhuo:
"Leave Shen Yuexi to me."
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