The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 420 Mahmud Walks into the Trap
Even if Mahmud were the dumbest man, he would never do such a thing. At this moment, he was extremely conflicted, feeling like he had walked into the lion's den.

Thinking of this, he felt a headache coming on. No one expected that this guy in front of him would be so uncivilized. This was really troublesome.

At that moment, he sent someone to invite Mahmud out, and the others were about to make their move.

But looking at the dark muzzle of the gun, none of them dared to make a move.

Mahmud felt extremely helpless. He regretted his actions, realizing he had indeed been too impetuous. He had personally gone out to gather information, and now he had not only failed to find much, but had also gotten himself into trouble.

The envoy beside him was extremely flustered. Mahmud had been captured. What should he do next? Chang Sheng seemed to understand the envoy's thoughts and said with a smile.

"You want food, don't you? In that case, I'll give you those things. Of course, I can also support you to become your new leader. What do you think?"

Upon hearing these words, the envoy was extremely worried. It would be wonderful if he could really become the leader, but he didn't have the courage. What a joke! How could he dare to call himself the leader?

If I were to actually dare to propose this idea, I might be torn to shreds by my subordinates.

After getting to this point, he gave a dry laugh.

"My lord, please don't joke like that. I don't have the guts. I only want to live!"

Chang Sheng waved his hand.

"It's the same price as before. Take your belongings and leave this place!"

"As for your leader, I will send him to Yingtian Prefecture later. Once he arrives there, His Highness the Crown Prince will speak with him and discuss releasing him!"

The envoy curled his lip, not believing Chang Sheng's words at all. If Mahmud really had arrived in Yingtian Prefecture, there was no possibility of releasing him. Helpless, he could only leave this place.

The generals nearby were shocked to hear this. They never expected that they would be able to catch such a big fish while guarding this place.

"Lord Changsheng is truly lucky! This Mahmud is the mastermind behind the Chagatai Khanate's invasion this time!"

"Our relationship with the tribes that surrendered to us in the east of the grasslands wasn't good to begin with, so I only fought one battle before retreating!"

"I never expected them to appear in this place, and that we would capture them. Now their tribe is truly leaderless, which is a great opportunity for us!"

Chang Sheng smiled and nodded after hearing this.

"That's right. We can't waste such a good opportunity. After this caravan leaves, I will secretly follow with my troops, wipe out their tribe, and bring back the people inside. Then everyone will be able to make a contribution!"

After hearing this, everyone nodded, but one of the generals frowned and said...

"But these three northern towns are extremely important. If we leave like this, wouldn't that be dereliction of duty? We can't bear the consequences if the court blames us!"

Chang Sheng curled his lip after hearing this.

"Don't worry, we'll march under the cover of night and no one will notice anything. Besides, with so many troops here, sending some out won't be a problem!"

"I will try to contact the troops in the northern towns and transfer some more troops from there to defend this place, so that this place will be safe!"

"After hearing this, everyone nodded. Since Chang Sheng had already made arrangements, there was no major problem!" Helpless, the envoy could only hurriedly take the grain back to his tribe and deliver the news as soon as possible.

When the people of other tribes on the grasslands learned of this news, their eyes were full of disdain. They had originally thought that Mahmud was a great hero who would continue to resist the Ming Dynasty.

I never expected him to be such a spineless coward.

They claim to be resisting the Ming Dynasty, yet they've started doing business with them, no different from them. They have no shame whatsoever, and it's precisely for this reason that Mahmud's reputation across the entire grassland has become extremely poor.

When the caravans returned to the tribe and learned of their situation, Chang Sheng secretly led his troops toward a certain place.

After the envoy returned to his tribe, he summoned all the centurions together.

In addition, there were five commanders of ten thousand.

Of course, they didn't have that many troops; the five commanders of ten thousand each only had three or four thousand men.

They were simply given this official position, and in the future, they would increase the number of troops under their control through plunder, gradually reaching this level.

After the messenger said these words, everyone was very angry. At this moment, a commander of ten thousand men said angrily.

"I told the leader long ago not to take such a risk, but he wouldn't listen. Now we're in trouble!"

Upon hearing this, the adult next to him immediately snorted coldly.

"Why didn't you say that back then? Now you're just offering hindsight advice here!"

Several people started arguing, at which point the messenger spoke.

"Now is not the time to argue, the issue is how to rescue the leader!"

The commander next to him said with disdain.

"How do we save them? How do you suggest we save them? Those three northern towns are fortified and heavily guarded by troops. Even if we bring all of us there, we're no match for them. Attacking them now isn't an attack; it's suicide!"

The others nodded in agreement after hearing this, as they shared the same thought.

The Ming Dynasty is incredibly powerful, far beyond their capabilities. Having just suffered a defeat, now is the time to rebuild their morale.

Attacking at this point would bring them no benefit, leaving everyone in a difficult position, especially the young and impetuous Mahmud, whose eyes were full of resentment.

Just then, they heard a series of loud rumbling noises outside, which startled them.

Everyone was very panicked, not knowing what had happened, when a soldier came to report.

"My lords, the Ming army has arrived!"

Several commanders of ten thousand men were terrified when they heard that the Ming army had arrived in this area.

(End of this chapter)