Chapter 1012: Scheming Against Each Other (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Once Dalun Ruozan and Huoshu Huicang had left, Shamask finally spoke up.
”Milord! The Tibetans barely contributed anything to this effort. Almost all of it has been due to Milord's efforts. Isn't just giving it to them like this too much?”
”That's right. In the end, Ü-Tsang is our enemy,” Chekun Benba agreed. ”Is not giving them the secret of formation phenomena like raising a tiger?”
On this matter, Chekun Benba and Shamask strangely agreed with each other. They were thoroughly confused as to why Duwu Sili had given the secret of formation phenomena to the Tibetans. However, both of them had been raised to follow Duwu Sili's orders to the word, so none of them had said anything while Dalun Ruozan was around.
”Now is not the time to break relations with the Tibetans. In addition, Dalun Ruozan isn't an easy person to deal with. Didn't you see? If they couldn't get the formation phenomena, Huoshu Huicang and Dusong Mangpoje were prepared to attack immediately,” Duwu Sili said.
Shamask and Chekun Benba instantly fell silent. Huoshu Huicang and Dusong Mangpoje both had astonishing strength as Great Generals, and they also had the extremely intelligent Dalun Ruozan on their side. This truly was not the right time to turn hostile against the Tibetans. Moreover, the Tibetans had brought far more soldiers than they had.
”If we have to give it to them eventually, just handing it over will be a little more pleasant,” Duwu Sili indifferently said.
”But…”
Shamask and Chekun Benba wanted to say more, but Duwu Sili quickly interrupted them.
”There's no need for buts. Do you two really take me for such a fool? That I would truly give them the entire secret to formation phenomena so easily?” Duwu Sili coldly asked.
Shamask and Chekun Benba were thrown into a daze by these words, but they quickly thought of something and appeared to understand. Although they didn't know how Duwu Sili had pulled it off in such a short amount of time, he had definitely done something to those three papers.
”Milord is wise!” the two said with heartfelt sincerity.
Duwu Sili merely smiled and looked in the direction that Dalun Ruozan had left, his eyes shining with wisdom. They had Zhang Liang's schemes, but he had siege ladders. Dalun Ruozan would have never expected that even though Duwu Sili had not touched a single word of the first two papers, even handing over the third paper to the Tibetans without hiding anything, Duwu Sili had other tricks up his sleeve.
The moment he had handed over the papers, he had used his Stellar Energy to muddle a few of the crucial words on one of the papers.
Although it was just a few words, without these crucial words, the entire meaning expressed through the text would change.
Duwu Sili had not been so pleasant and easy to work with for no reason.
”Dalun Ruozan, I've given it to you already. Don't come looking for me if something goes wrong!”
Duwu Sili gave a sinister chuckle and then led his army back to his camp.
……
Although Duwu Sili had very carefully planned things out, he would have never imagined how the situation was actually developing.
Ten-some li away…
”Great Minister, with these papers regarding the formation phenomena, no matter what happens, we at least have something to give to the Tsenpo!”
After leaving the Western Turkic camp with the three papers containing the ultimate secret of formations, Huoshu Huicang very solemnly passed them to Dalun Ruozan. At this moment, he felt like a great weight had been lifted off his heart. Dalun Ruozan had left the royal capital's prison with tens of thousands of soldiers and all of the Mutri Great Cavalry without receiving a single word of permission from the Tsenpo.
Dalun Ruozan was already a criminal for his defeat in the southwest. His mobilization of soldiers for personal reasons was piling crime upon crime. But with these legendary formation phenomena in hand, everything was different.
Huoshu Huicang and Dusong Mangpoje had done their utmost to appear apathetic in front of Duwu Sili, appearing to care little for this secret, but that was merely because they were extremely skilled at restraining themselves. They naturally understood the weight and meaning of the secret to formation phenomena.
This was a power that could boost the strength of the entire Ü-Tsang Empire!
”Heh!”
To their surprise, the Dalun Ruozan that had appeared so serious and determined in front of Duwu Sili didn't even look at the papers Huoshu Huicang had given him before throwing them to one of his deputies.
This was the attitude one would take for irrelevant pieces of scrap paper.
”Don't dream too much. Huoshu, Dusong, the contents of these two papers are simply not as important as the two of you think!”
Dalun Ruozan spoke lightly and carelessly, but his words left the two Tibetan Great Generals slack-jawed and wide-eyed.
”Ah?!”
Both of them were dumbstruck.