klisemfg Chapter 321 Su Xin, I want to borrow something from you!
Chapter 321 Su Xin, I want to borrow something from you!
"You...are you a human or a ghost?!"
Su Xin was already scared silly, his pupils reflected Wen Yanzhao's face in fear.
Those personal soldiers and arrowheads just now made Su Xin truly realize that a top warrior can really defeat an entire country alone!
The power displayed by Wen Yanzhao has far exceeded the scope of human beings.
Those seemingly indestructible arrowheads and steel knives couldn't even get half an inch close to Wen Yanzhao.
Not to mention the dozens of personal soldiers who turned into ashes.
In the entire Beidaying, no soldier dared to attack Wen Yanzhao. They all stared blankly at him as he walked towards Su Xin step by step.
"Idiot, of course I'm a human! Come here!"
As soon as Wen Yanzhao finished speaking, he waved his hand and Su Xin, who was more than ten steps away, suddenly flew uncontrollably towards Wen Yanzhao's palm.
Su Xin's neck was held in Wen Yanzhao's hand. His originally sturdy figure was hunched over and trembling like a stray dog.
But in his mind he still clung to a life-saving straw - a warm pot of wine.
"You can't kill me! Wen Yanzhao... your uncle's life is in my hands... if you kill me, he will die with me!"
"Oh? Really? Then I'm so scared!"
As Wen Yanzhao spoke, a smile suddenly appeared on his face that frightened Su Xin to the core.
Su Xin tried to break free from Wen Yanzhao's hand, but his body seemed to be out of control. Apart from shaking, he had no other reaction.
"Wen Yanzhao...if you let me go, if you let me go...I will give you all nine mansions in Lingnan City!"
"If you let me go... I have three hundred thousand taels of silver and the deeds to 125,600 hectares of fertile farmland stored away in Dehengtai Silver Bank in Tianqi City. I'll give them all to you... all to you!"
"Please let me go... please let me go. And... and! I have a house in the capital of Nanjue, not far from the Nanjue Palace. If you have a child in the future, you can send him to the Lelu Academy in Nanjue. When he comes of age, he can return to Beili to serve as an official!"
"Did you know? Students from the Nanjue Lelu Academy can enter the inner court of the Jixia Academy without taking an exam, and receive a salary from the Beili State!"
"How about it? If you let me go, I can give you all these!"
Su Xin almost promised all his wealth to Wen Yanzhao, just to save his life.
Wen Yanzhao also smiled and listened with great interest to the General Beili who was guarding the area.
After a moment, Wen Yanzhao asked with a smile:
"General Su, if you give all this to me, you will become a pauper, are you willing to accept that?"
Su Xin seemed to get a glimmer of hope from these words, and nodded like pecking at rice:
"I'm willing to do it! If Master Wen really forgives me this time, with my current third-rank military rank and the title of Marquis, I'll be fine within three years... at most five years!"
"I can regain everything I lost. Money is something outside of my body. I, Su Xin, understand this truth!"
Looking at Su Xin, who was full of confidence in his hand, Wen Yanzhao suddenly felt that there was some black humor.
The things Su Xin just mentioned are worth more than one million taels of silver!
Lingnan is a relatively remote and barren place in the north of China. Hundreds of years ago, it was a wild and desolate area full of miasma.
Su Xin, the general guarding Lingnan, was able to plunder such rich wealth in a place like this. How greedy and corrupt would those superiors in the Beili court who were more powerful than him be?
Beili is rotten to the core, whether they are civil officials or military generals. If these high-ranking officials and generals were dragged to the Qinglong Gate of Tianqi City and shot into hedgehogs one by one with crossbows, I'm afraid that few of them would be innocent.
Wen Yanzhao regained his composure and looked at Su Xin in his hand with a complicated expression:
"Who are you trying to fool with just a few words?"
"Besides, even if I kill you, those things will still belong to me. If I were you, I would have safely sent my uncle back to Lingnan long ago to prevent him from suffering a fate worse than death in my hands."
"General Su, I'll give you half an incense stick of time. If I still can't see my uncle after half an incense stick, you—will lose your head!"
Su Xin felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave when he heard this, and actually began to cry loudly:
"Master Wen, this is none of my business! It was the Emperor who issued an order, strictly forcing me to take action against your Wen family. I had no choice but to do so!"
"I, Su Xin, have an eighty-year-old mother and a newly minted son. Master Wen, please be merciful and let me go..."
Wen Yanzhao mentioned Su Xin and said with a joking smile:
"Crying? Crying counts as time!"
Upon hearing this, Su Xin turned around and roared at the personal guards:
"Liang Rukun, Zhao Huaijia! Go and invite Mr. Wen Hujiu over! Go quickly! If you don't come back within half an hour, I will not let you go until Master Wen kills me!"
The two captains of the personal guards shuddered and immediately rushed out of the central military tent, randomly found two horses and rushed out of the camp towards the north.
Seeing this, Wen Yanzhao threw Su Xin to the ground, wiped his hand that was stained by Su Xin's tears, and speculated secretly in his heart.
There are now tens of thousands of defenders in Lingnan, and their military discipline is strict. Their combat effectiveness is definitely much stronger than that of the garrisons in ordinary prefectures.
Killing is definitely not allowed. Since I promised the Confucian immortal Gu Chen not to commit more murders, I should keep my promise.
In addition, now is the time to use people, and it is obvious at first glance that Su Xin is a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
Moreover, they are greedy for power and wealth, and can be used by me temporarily through coercion and inducement.
After Baili Luochen leads the Pofeng Army to capture the 24 prefectures in the southwest, it will not be too late to replace Su Xin and gather these tens of thousands of troops!
Thinking of this, Wen Yanzhao turned his gaze to Su Xindao and said:
"Haha, you're pretty smart!"
"In that case, General Su, I have an idea for you. Do you want to hear it?"
Su Xin's life was in Wen Yanzhao's hands. Hearing his words, it seemed that there was a glimmer of hope. How could he not agree? He responded repeatedly:
"Sir, please speak, sir, please speak!"
Wen Yanzhao looked around at the trembling soldiers and said:
"How many people are there in the Lingnan garrison?"
Su Xin smiled flatteringly and said, "The cavalry, infantry, archers, baggage carriers, cooks and grooms, and other miscellaneous personnel, all together, number over 40,000!"
Wen Yanzhao counted on his fingers and said, "Forty thousand? That's really not a small number. Lingnan is just a prefecture. According to imperial regulations, the maximum number of troops stationed is no more than eight thousand! Xiao Chongjing sent you a lot of reinforcements to guard against our Wen family!"
Su Xin laughed wryly and said, "Even if there were 40,000 of them, they wouldn't be able to withstand the Young Master's divine power. No matter how many people there are, it would be useless."
Wen Yanzhao was flattered and laughed:
"Stop flattering me. Sparing your life is only temporarily helpful. If I want to kill you, I only need to move my fingers!"
Su Xin was so frightened that his face turned pale and he knelt on the ground:
"Sir, calm down. I have no ill intentions. Please spare my life..."
Wen Yanzhao felt a little disgusted when he saw his bullying attitude, but he had already made up his mind and said in a low voice:
"stand up!"
"You command 40,000 defenders in Lingnan, how can you be so weak?"
Hearing this, Su Xin couldn't help but complain in his heart: "If I hadn't been weak and died a long time ago when I met a pervert like you..."
Wen Yanzhao glanced at the soldiers and felt that this was not the place to talk, so he looked at Su Xin:
"Su Xin, follow me!"
Su Xin quickly stood up and followed Wen Yan with his back hunched.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something and turned to the soldiers surrounding the central military tent and shouted:
"All Lingnan soldiers, return to your camps. The scouts will continue their patrols, and the guards will continue their shifts!"
The soldiers responded at the same time: "Yes!"
Afterwards, they all left the central military tent in an orderly manner and returned to their respective positions.
Seeing this scene, Wen Yanzhao couldn't help but sigh that Su Xin was really good at commanding the army.
The two men walked into the roofless central military tent, one in front and one behind.
As soon as he entered the tent, Wen Yanzhao whispered:
"General Su, I want to borrow something from you!"
Su Xin was stunned, and a thin layer of cold sweat immediately broke out on his back.
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