Li Ang only stayed at Turdah Fortress for two hours before heading south again.
In the past two hours, he met with Gaiwan Khan, and gave Gaiwan Khan a clear way - to unite with Bahaman, and other lords who did not follow Kadan to attack Lion City, you can unite and protect yourself.
The lord said that he was specifically looking for trouble with Bahad Khan Kadan. This was Lionheart Kingdom's response to Kadan's brazen attack on the royal city. It was a battle for the dignity of the kingdom.
In other words, if Lord Dexia like Gaiwan Khan has nothing to do with the attack on Lion City, it is best to stay out of the way if he does not want to be crushed.
Moreover, what will Bahad Khan Kadan do when his strength is damaged and he faces a strong enemy?
Will he use you lords who are not particularly close to him as cannon fodder?
Judging from the way the Heretic Tribunal went straight to the vicinity of Turdah Fortress, Kadan has already done this, and the first one to be operated on is you Gaiwan Khan!
The path given by Li Ang is actually in line with Gaiwan Khan's own wishes - not to be cannon fodder for Kadan, but there is no need to take refuge in others, and to find Bahaman by himself. The two brothers can join forces and stay together.
Anyway, Li Ang did not ask him to surrender or do anything else that would lose his reputation. He even said that he would not occupy his territory. Turdah Fortress was very moral.
So Gaiwan Khan rushed to Aishikeman as quickly as possible, without even bringing any soldiers - he wanted his brother to leave the dangerous area, and bring his soldiers and horses to return to Turdah Fortress with him. This fortress was actually much safer than Aishikeman.
To be honest, if Gaiwan Khan can hold on to the Turdah Fortress fortress, relying on the defense facilities of the fortress and his troops' familiarity with the terrain, even with only 500 people, they can keep Li Ang's troops out of Dexia...
After all, more than half of this group army, which seems to have more than 10,000 people, are merchants, and this time these merchants accompanying the army have not brought a large amount of supplies, but only high-value goods - not only will they not be able to provide logistical supplies, but they will also drag down the combat effectiveness of the entire army.
Moreover, the real warriors in the army are actually not suitable for attacking fortresses. They are all mixed troops composed of small lords. It is very troublesome to use this kind of troops to forcibly attack the city - as long as one knight is killed or injured, the followers brought by the knight will most likely run away...
If there are just a few more fleeing retinues, the battlefield will be chaotic and the whole battlefield will look like it has been scattered.
If those businessmen see such a scene, they may retreat, and a chain reaction will occur if they retreat.
Therefore, when attacking a fortified city, you can only use your own troops directly under it, but Li Ang is not willing to suffer any losses here, so it is better to do as little as possible to attack a fortified city.
Besides, he couldn't waste time now.
Time is life, and time is money. Li Ang doesn't want the great lord of Dexia to have time to gather his troops. He wants to capture Aishikeman as quickly as possible, which is the subject of auction.
You must be efficient when facing such a big business - Ramon was very efficient in his previous work.
The message Li Ang previously told Ramon to pass to Turdah Fortress was "Bahad Khan Kadan has hired the Inquisition."
This news combined with Sarah's rhetoric will naturally cause Gaiwan Khan to be in chaos.
To be honest, the Heretic Tribunal was indeed recruited by Kadan - Kadan's army was defeated outside Lion City, and Lionheart Kingdom's army marched towards Dexia. This time is naturally the best opportunity for the Heretic Tribunal.
But in fact, the Holy Inquisitor of the Heretic Tribunal Rasmu. Defatica was originally peeping near Xingar and did not come to Turdah Fortress. It is estimated that the Heretic Tribunal originally wanted to attack Xingar.
But Xingar City Lord Khalifa Tahir did not follow Kadan to Lion Territory. Xingar's strength was not damaged at all, so the Heretic Tribunal did not act rashly.
However, Li Ang asked Ramon to send a message to the Holy Inquisitor Rasmu: "The people of the Tribunal of Heretics are looting around Turdah Fortress."
In fact, this was originally Emperor Marius's plan, and the location information of Holy Inquisitor Rasmu was also provided by Marius.
The small team that previously claimed to 'trial heretics' were illegal armed forces such as bandits and bandits that Emperor Marius rushed to Dexia. People from Shadow Wolf Pack followed them and operated in secret. Emperor Marius originally wanted to 'purchase' some horses back from Dexia.
Well, buy it for zero yuan.
Emperor Marius's original plan was just to send these bandit teams to 'cruel the heretics' and plunder, and then Shadow Wolf Pack's people would be responsible for taking away the stolen horses - just 'sell the stolen horses back to Bax', and let the bandits return to their country to collect the money and divide the loot.
After all, they were all bandits from Bax. They all knew that it would be more expensive to sell the horses back to Bax, and they were originally going back to their country to share the stolen goods.
But in fact, Marius only planned to get the horse back to Bax, and he had no intention of letting those bandits return to the country - Emperor Marius didn't need to pay if no one returned to the country. Anyway, they were all bandits and robbers, and if they all died in Dexia, they would be considered as contributing to Bax...
Marius had always known about the existence of the Heretic Tribunal. In fact, he used this method to let these gangsters commit crimes under the banner of the Heretic Tribunal, so as to attract the Heretic Tribunal to attack them...
Therefore, Marius originally planned to send someone to deliver a message to the leader of the Heretic Tribunal, the Holy Inquisitor Rasmu.
However, the Heretic Tribunal stopped at Xingar, and Shadow Wolf Pack found it difficult to contact the Heretic Tribunal - if those shadow wolves dared to appear in front of the Holy Inquisitor Rasmu, they would probably be 'judged' directly.
So Li Ang expanded this plan and immediately found Ramon, the Xingar boss.
Therefore, Holy Inquisitor Rasmu led his troops to bypass Xingar and go straight to Turdah Fortress - no troops would be happy to see someone plundering under their banner. If they encounter such a fake and shoddy guy who ruins their reputation, they must first crack down on the fakes!
Even though their own reputation may not be that good, they still cannot tolerate imitation...
Later, Ramon sent his men to lead the way for Holy Inquisitor Rasmu, and defeated a unit of Gaiwan Khan near Garcin - this was deliberately bringing the Inquisition to the vicinity of Gaiwan Khan's troops. Ramon's people were quite reliable in their work.
In fact, Holy Inquisitor Rasmu is also a flexible person. He did not kill those bandits, but recruited many of them.
After all, many people were killed and wounded in the battle with Gaiwan Khan's troops, so they had to replenish their manpower. Anyway, at least in terms of 'trialing heretics', everyone has a common language, and these guys seem to be very efficient when it comes to plundering the property of heretics...
But this quick-thinking Holy Inquisitor probably didn't expect that just after he had replenished his manpower, the Xingar who led him would once again take him in the direction of another large army...
And once again it is the same target that Sarah is about to visit.
In the desert more than a hundred miles north of Aishikeman, a tribal settlement named "Madan" was attacked by an army for no apparent reason.
This troop seems to be from the Buckley Continent. Some of them are sturdy mercenaries or gangsters, some are knights wearing white smocks, and some are monks who look like they have no strength to restrain themselves.
The mercenaries were the first to attack, followed by monks who seemed to pose no threat, while the well-equipped knights were ready to intercept villagers who might escape from the outside.
They held up blunt weapons of various sizes in their hands and waved the weapons in their hands while muttering something.
But the strange thing is that not many villagers escaped in this village, and... it seems that there are countless mature warriors emerging from those mud houses and tents?
After being attacked, all the villagers in Madan rose up to resist. Almost every one of them had a saber and a war horse...
This so-called village is actually a huge military camp!
So a raid turned into a melee with no technical content.
The leaders on both sides were all asking the same question, "What the hell! Where did this army come from?"
After each suffered hundreds of casualties, the troops on both sides were completely intertwined, and the fight was inextricably linked.
Holy Inquisitor Rasmu Defatika swung the war hammer in his hand and smashed the head of a Dexia rider. He turned around and shouted angrily, "You are lying to me! Did you bring me here on purpose?"
But no one responded to him.
The Xingar who was leading the way had disappeared at this time.
Rasmu Defatika gritted his teeth and turned back, rushing into the place where Dexian people were gathered together, and the warhammer in his hand caused a bloody storm.
Rasmu is a baptized knight, but he is not a member of Dawn Knight Order.
In fact, he might be called a 'Church Knight' - before he became a knight, Rasmu was a monk.
Since Dawn Knight Order came to the Pande Continent, there have been religious rulings one after another, and various sects have branched out in the west of the Pande Continent. It was at that time that Rasmu became a monk.
And Dexian people often goes to other countries to plunder, and from time to time he will plunder his territory... Then Dexian people, who believes in Watta, naturally becomes a heretic in the eyes of Rasmu.
As a devout Goddess of Justice believer and a monk, Rasmu's original purpose was to 'save corruption' and 'spread faith'.
He organized some monks and monks and came to the "den of heretics" - Savannir Desert. Here they saw countless wars and killings, so these believers who made it their mission to save the world started a "redemption" movement on Savannir Desert.
But Dexian people's looting habits are difficult to change, and coupled with their long-standing belief in Vata, Goddess of Justice's inspiration sometimes doesn't have much effect...
Rasmu was unable to convert the herdsmen who were addicted to plundering through oral preaching, so they came up with the idea of conquest by force in the religious field.
Rasmu accepted the baptism of knight, was willing to bear the sin of killing, and armed himself to become a 'judge'.
At the same time, he began to hire mercenaries who "had the same beliefs" and began to carry out his redemption and purification under the banner of judging heretics.
He claimed to be the Holy Inquisitor of Pendor, and when he met everyone, he said that he was the savior of Pendor, who wanted to eliminate all heretics and false gods in the world, and judge those depraved beliefs.
Rasmu is a born commander. He has a flexible mind, extraordinary martial arts, and extremely charming personal qualities - a monk who once practiced asceticism does have many excellent personal qualities.
He is clean, tidy and polite, treats others sincerely and never lies, is extremely self-disciplined, does not drink alcohol, and does not approach women.
A person with both powerful force and charm will naturally make many believers and soldiers join his team.
Moreover, his subordinates all believe that Rasmu exists in the Pande Continent to eliminate heretics and purify heretics. He is the messenger designated by Goddess to judge heretics - he has no hobbies or bad habits and seems to be born to judge heretics.
As a result, this self-proclaimed Holy Inquisitor was recognized by many believers. Even some other tributary sects also recognized the name Rasmu as the 'Holy Inquisitor'.
Rasmu himself is best at using warhammers. He believes that warhammers are powerful weapons that do not cause bloodshed and can bring believers who have been tempted by false gods back to their senses.
Therefore, Rasmu and their fellow believers uniformly use this weapon as the equipment of the holy legion in their hearts, and they call themselves the "Tribunal of the Heretics".
Since Rasmu, the Holy Inquisitor, is not a bloodthirsty person, the Inquisition only captures prisoners and then tries to influence them so that they stop believing in the false god Watta.
Many people will be 'converted' and then 'voluntarily donate' all their property to worship Goddess.
And the 'stubborn' people will be judged by the 'Holy Fire' - as the Knights of the Dawn said, Goddess will naturally be able to tell whether there is sin or not...
So far, it is known that they have conducted countless 'trials' in Savannir Desert using warhammers and torches, and Rasmu's reputation and team size have also grown rapidly in the past few years.
So far, more than two thousand people are following this Holy Inquisitor.
But if nothing else goes wrong, they will soon reduce their number by half in Madhan Village - or even more.
Because Madan is the family territory of Aishikeman city lord Caliph Bahaman, and it is managed by his son Ikram.
This place is Bahaman's base and the source of his loyal troops. After Bahaman became the caliph, this tribe became quite powerful.
But similarly, if nothing unexpected happens, more than half of Bahaman's tribe will definitely be wiped out by the Tribunal...
The young patriarch Ikram has already begun to run away. He is a brave Desha warrior, but he knows that he will definitely not be able to defeat him. The military strength of the Inquisition is more than twice that of the tribal warriors.
He must return to Aishikeman as quickly as possible and find his father for help.
Thousands of people were fighting for life and death, a few women and children were running away, houses were set on fire, and the sounds of broken bones could be heard one after another.
No one noticed that a beautiful woman was watching all this with cold eyes.
Yes, this is driving the tiger away and swallowing the wolf.
The lord is in a hurry. This allows the merchants to enter Aishikeman before Duchy of Dexia gathers the army. Business is important...
Moreover, only after the merchants are separated from the troops and resettled, can Li Ang's army display its combat effectiveness.
One day later, Sarah came to Aishikeman and met Bahaman.
"Honorable Caliph Bahaman... If nothing else, you have probably met your brother Gaiwan Khan? Maybe you have also met your son Ikram?"
Sarah did not use her professional smile this time. Her expression was very serious. "I am Sarah, Chief External Affairs Officer of Count Li Ang."
"...Count Li Ang's army... is here?"
Bahaman looked calm, but the tired look on his face revealed his true heart - he must not have slept all night.
"The army is fifty miles north of Madhan Village. You should know what this means... but Count Li Ang can show you a clear path - if you are willing."
Sarah said it very directly, because Bahaman's current situation is extremely bad and there is no need to beat around the bush.
"Count Li Ang, do you have any advice? You can just say..."
Bahaman still looked calm, but his hands were already firmly grasping the armrests of the chair.
"Aishikeman does not have many troops. Your tribe was violated by the Inquisition and cannot replenish its military strength. Your brother Gaiwan Khan suffered heavy losses and cannot provide you with help. The great lords of Dexia have their own agendas and will not come to support you. Instead, they may take advantage of the opportunity... You should know who invited the Tribunal, and you should also know that the fleet of Emperor Marius is marching towards Aishikeman... The only one in the entire Dexia territory who can provide you with help in a short time is Count Li Ang..."