Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 724 Captain Jessica has a high level of military skills, and King Wu's diplomatic skills give him the opportunity to show his skills.

Soon, Tang Sai'er and the others arrived at the town of their destination. On the road, a large group of people had gathered to confront them.

The leader on the opposite side was a middle-aged man wearing gorgeous armor and a tall hat, looking at them with displeasure. Seeing this, Tang Sai'er rode forward and went to meet them alone.

"Glenaya, why are you here like this?" she asked loudly.

"I...our actions all have their own purpose, so we don't need to report to your department." Unlike his subordinates, Glenayan could still understand Mandarin. Moreover, he did not speak any Mongolian or Turkic language, but spoke with an authentic Dadu accent.

"The documents from the Great Qin Kingdom are still here with me. The order from the Ministry of War at that time was for you to obey the command of the prince and cooperate with our actions." Tang Sai'er reminded: "Before there was nothing wrong, we were too lazy to care and let you act freely. Now the war is imminent, you have to return to the team quickly. I came here this time to take you back."

"Then let the Ministry of War give the orders themselves." Glenayan was obviously unhappy: "They didn't give me supplies when I asked them, and now they are giving me orders..."

"I don't care about your grudges. I just want to ask you if you will obey my orders now." Tang Sai'er said with a stern face, "If you obey, we can save face for each other. If you don't, I will force you to obey my orders."

Although her words were very harsh, perhaps because she was still young and a girl, the other party obviously did not take her seriously. Glenayan turned around and talked to the people behind her, laughed a few times, and said, "You'd better go back quickly. For Baisai Khan's sake, we will just pretend that this matter will never happen."

"Then don't blame me for being ruthless." Tang Sai'er said, waving her hand behind her and driving her horse forward slowly. The people behind her immediately began to spread out to both sides. Glenayan's face changed and he shouted quickly: "Where is my bunny? Take this bitch down!"

In the team, three strong men rode out on their horses and rushed straight towards Tang Sai'er.

One of them threw out the lasso, but Tang Sai'er didn't change her expression and dodged it. During this time, the other two rushed to her, one of them reached out to grab her, and the other raised the iron bone flower and smashed it on the horse's head.

But Tang Sai'er did not stop. When she bent down, she kicked the horse's belly, making it run. Then she pulled out a knife from the saddle bag and used her speed to chop it back. The blade cut through the fur on the opponent's body, and a string of sparks flew, knocking the rabbit who wanted to capture him alive and making him stagger. He quickly shrank back in fear.

The other man also missed, so he took advantage of the situation and swung his hammer towards Tang Sai'er. Tang Sai'er turned around on the horse, with only one foot on the stirrup. The hammer swept across the horse's back, knocking the quiver hanging behind the saddle away, and the arrows scattered all over the ground. Seeing this, the rabbit next to him also regained his courage, drew his sword, and turned back to fight. For a moment, it seemed that there was danger everywhere.

However, Tang Sai'er's subordinates were not stunned. As soon as the rabbits took action, the people here also rushed over immediately.

The man holding the hammer, Tu'er, was pulling the reins, trying to turn his horse back for another round, to finish off Tang Sai'er, who seemed to have not yet regained her balance. Suddenly, a burst of rapid drum beats sounded, and Gu Liu took the lead, rushing over, and without saying a word, he swung his iron whip to hit. The opponent hurriedly raised his hammer to meet him, but Gu Liu ignored him and shouted and swung his whip. The whip actually broke the wooden hammer handle with one blow, hitting him in the chest, and the whole person flew out.

The lasso-wielding Tu'er drew his sword and chased after him, wanting to help, but Liang Lao Er raised his axe and rushed over, frightening him so much that he turned his horse and ran away. As for the enemies who were farther away, they had not yet arrived, but seeing this situation, they decisively began to retreat. As a result, the morale of the other tribal cavalry who were watching also dropped sharply. Before they started charging, they were obviously shaken and some began to run away.

Glenayan yelled at them to keep their formation, and Tang Sai'er, who was not being taken care of, had already taken out her bow. She was still hanging on the side of the saddle, leaned over to grab a fallen arrow from the ground, put the string on it, glanced at it, and let it go. The arrow whizzed past and hit Glenayan in the back, and Glenayan fell off the horse with a plop.

Tang Sai'er turned over and jumped back on the horse. The other people had already surrounded her and asked her if she had any problems. She waved her hand, indicating that it was a small matter and she didn't need to care about it. She deliberately ran so far ahead just to see if the other party could hold back. From the result, the other party was indeed fooled.

At this time, Captain Martin and others also commanded their own cavalry to attack from all directions. After Glenayan was killed, the others had no intention of resisting. Wherever the "Ming" flag went, the Mongolian cavalry scattered.

There was only one main road here, and many people ran back to the town behind them in a panic, but they were blocked in the town. In less than a quarter of an hour, the battle was basically over.

By the time the town bell ringer, under Gutenberg's urging, tremblingly rang the church's hourly bell, everyone had already cleaned up the battlefield. The tribal soldiers all held their heads and squatted obediently in the corner of the church. The things they searched from them were placed in a pile next to them.

Tang Saier called all the residents of the town and asked them to take back their stolen things. At first, the townspeople were very scared and no one dared to take action. Gu Liu then dragged Glenayan's body over and hung it at the door of the church. Only then did they cheer and run to look for things.

Although the tribal soldiers were very dissatisfied with this, they were still dejected and did not dare to say anything. However, when someone tried to drag the conspicuous large iron pot next to the pile of spoils, the captives suddenly became excited and began to shout something. Some even stood up and ran over without paying attention to the guards next to them.

Tang Sai'er quickly ordered her men to suppress the rebellion and drove them back, then asked what was going on. A captured noble who understood Chinese told her that the tribal soldiers said that the victorious side had the right to distribute the spoils, so they could accept it.

But the big iron pot didn't belong to the townspeople in the first place. It was a reward for their tribe fighting for Baisai Khan. They didn't win the battle themselves, so why should they grab such a precious iron pot?
Tang Sai'er didn't expect that they cared about this, so she asked someone to arrest the people who were carrying the iron pots. After asking other townspeople, she learned that these people were indeed well-known idlers in the town, and they probably wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune. Tang Sai'er had them arrested and handed over to the county government for processing. The iron pot was also left for the time being.

She thought for a moment, then shouted to the prisoners, "Who else can translate?"

In addition to a few nobles, there was also a man wrapped in bandages who waved his hand. Tang Saier took a look and found that this was the lassoer from before. She was a little curious and asked: "Who are you? How come you have learned it? Is the cultural level of your tribe so high..." "No, it's just that I have been to Dadu before." The rabbit quickly replied: "My name is Haji Gelai, and the Gelai Nayan who was killed by you just now is my uncle."

"Ah? I'm sorry..." Tang Sai'er didn't know what to say for a moment and answered for the sake of conversation.

"No, no, I have to thank you." Haji Gray said quickly: "If you don't mind, please tell me what to do. What do you want to translate?"

"Ah, we are also loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and we can serve." Seeing him like this, several other nobles also expressed their opinions: "Before, it was Glenayan who had ill intentions and was determined to do bad things. We never had any bad intentions!"

"Uh……"

Although these words sounded a bit too blunt, Glenayan would not run down from the church door to refute them anyway, so everyone assumed that the blame was on him. The current situation was rather special, and the more people the better, so Tang Sai'er also wanted to recruit them, so she could only tacitly not comment.

"Then you can help me tell others that this place is our territory and cannot be taken away. However, I now have a better opportunity to make a fortune." She thought for a moment and said.

Hearing this, everyone else immediately perked up.

"This place is actually very poor. Even though this is the largest market town in the county, there is not much money. Do you know where their money goes? Where is there more money?"

"Where is it?" The translator looked a little confused, as if he had never thought about it seriously.

Although it was to encourage them, Tang Saier was still a little nervous about the extent to which these people did not use their brains. She had to give up those words that kept people on edge and said directly: "Their money is in the hands of the headman and the church. These ordinary townspeople don't have much money."

"The reason we came here specifically is that the locals have been badly bullied and are causing trouble, and we hope the court can help. Because their leaders not only rob the people every day, but also work with the church to use indulgences to trick people into paying money. Just think about it, this place is already poor, and then they are robbed and cheated. Can you imagine how much money they can have?"

"And as far as we know, all the money we've plundered is in those cities." She explained, "Unlike those castles in the mountains and remote fortress monasteries, these cities are all on the plains and are easy to attack. And in this situation, we don't even have to attack the cities - before, the rich people in the city were angered by the King of Wu's scheme, and now they have taken the initiative to come out and find us!"

"The barbarian army is different from the Qin Empire. They like to bring a lot of money, treasures, and even women when they go to war. Who knows how much money this army has in it. Moreover, these people are pampered and used to a life of luxury. They have money but cannot fight. Do you think there is a better opponent than this?"

The nobles looked as if they had suddenly realized something, and quickly asked, "Where are these people? Why didn't you tell us earlier... It caused everyone to misunderstand before."

"We told you, but you didn't listen. And before, we really didn't know where they were." Tang Sai'er spread her hands: "But now, they are looking for us, so there is no need to rush."

"You can tell them." She pointed, "We won't stay long either. We have to report back later. If anyone is willing to come with us, please make your decision quickly."

"No problem, no problem, don't worry, we will definitely be happy to do so." Those people agreed on their own.

Tang Sai'er was too lazy to care about them anymore. She said a few words to them and went to check the soldiers and weapons. However, before the departure time, someone came running from the main road.

Captain Martin stopped him and asked about the situation. After listening to just two sentences, he showed a look of surprise. However, he did not say anything, but immediately sent his attendants to call Tang Sai'er and others over.

"Your Highness has encountered a large number of enemies, probably the main force of Prague - at least the main force of cavalry. They asked me to come out and report the news before the fighting started. When I ran to this side of the mountain, I heard the sound of artillery fire. I guess the fighting has already started." When they were all there, the messenger whispered to everyone:

"If there were no follow-up envoys, they would have been surrounded. There are too many enemies, and you are the only mobile force nearby that can arrive in time. Therefore, Your Highness and Commander Yang hope that you will not act hastily. It is best to wait until the time is right before thinking of a solution."

"Can they hold on?" Tang Sai'er asked worriedly.

No one else spoke for a moment.

"Even if Jessica was here himself, he couldn't be 100% sure with you. We have to make our own judgment." Captain Martin said after a moment.

(End of this chapter)