Ediz indeed owes Brigi a large sum of money - three thousand dinars.
In order to pay off the debt, he became a mercenary of Brigi.
But for an ordinary Xingar mercenary, three thousand dinars is a huge amount of money that is difficult to repay in a lifetime, and even if Ediz is sold, it can't be repaid.
Judging from the "pricing" of Ramon, a professional trafficker, on various fighters, a Xingar rider like Ediz is only worth about seven hundred dinars.
If the buyer is good at bargaining, Ramon might even give a lame old horse as a bonus...
Therefore, Ediz was originally quite pessimistic about his future destiny. He could not afford this huge sum of money, and it was difficult to break away from Brigi's drug control. The key is that the debt would even increase - Ediz was not a believer in the mysterious religion of Brigi, and the opium given to him by Brigi was not free.
There is almost no hope in such a life.
Of course, Ediz is still trying to think of a way. For example, this time, he took the initiative to seize the opportunity to fool Li Ang.
This opportunity to risk his life would allow him to reduce his debt a little and get his hands on a small dollop of opium paste.
When Brigi stopped taking medicine for the troops, this small ball of opium seemed quite rare...
It is indeed very sad when a person is in poverty. Everyone struggling at the bottom has their own difficulties and helplessness.
If this person who is struggling at the bottom still wants to lose face, it will be even more difficult.
Ediz is obviously a shameless person - he doesn't even want to imitate the wild cat's call of spring, he has a very strong self-esteem.
But maybe Ediz is lucky. The mission he fought for for opium gave him a chance to truly change his destiny.
"Tomorrow you can pay your debt, and I will give you three thousand dinars."
Li Ang stared into Ediz's eyes. "Go back to Brigi and tell him that I have believed that you are Ramon's subordinate..."
"Wait! Lord Li Ang, I will not be an assassin for money... I can leave my employer because his behavior has caused me to lose my honor. But I can't assassinate him anymore. This is the bottom line of being a human being... Although I also hope that he will be killed, the person who kills him cannot be me."
Ediz interrupted Li Ang's words and did not avoid Li Ang's eyes. He spoke very seriously.
Most of the mercenaries in Xingar do have this sense of honor. They do believe in dinars, but they do have a bottom line when they are mercenaries. This is a code of conduct that has been gradually formed in this chaotic place of Xingar for hundreds of years - you can cheat and kidnap, you can disrespect the gods, and you can leave your employer, but you can never attack the employer who paid.
In fact, Xingar riders and spearmen are also very popular in the mercenary industry. Even if they face a lot of temptations, they will not attack their employers. At most, they will steal things and run away.
Perhaps, no matter which continent you are on, it is the people at the bottom who can maintain these senses of honor and moral values.
But the problem is, Ediz is now an addict - it's actually quite rare for an addict to still retain such a sense of honor.
So Li Ang smiled, he felt that someone like Ediz was just right for his plan.
"Ediz... I have no intention of letting you assassinate Brigi. Besides, I don't think you are a killer."
Li Ang grinned and shook his head. "I just need you to pay back the money you owe Brigi - just say that I gave you a sum of money, because I believed that you were Ramon's subordinate. This is what I gave to Ramon." Calculate the cooperation payment. And tomorrow night, I will personally lead the team to break into Toba City through the secret door, so that Brigi will be ready to catch me... Do you understand? Repeat what I said."
Ediz memorized it honestly and found nothing wrong.
"Okay, Risadiran, go get him three thousand dinars, send him to Toba City, and go with him to explore the so-called secret door."
Li Ang nodded, indicating that Ediz could leave.
Of course there is nothing wrong with this job. This is just a way of using Brigi to deceive Li Ang. It is not difficult at all. It is just a message.
Although Ediz knew that Li Ang was going to counter-ambush Brigi, as long as he was not allowed to stab his employer to death with his own hands - as long as he paid Brigi what he owed After 's debt is paid, Brigi will no longer be his employer. After that, no matter how Li Ang wants to deal with Brigi, it has nothing to do with him.
So the Xingar rider rode back to Toba City again with a huge money bag - with Risadiran watching secretly, Ediz didn't dare to take the money and run away.
Soon after, Risadiran and Kloze came back together.
"Sir, that addict did enter Toba City through a secret door from the west... It seems that Brigi was well prepared to deceive you. That door should be used to transport feces out of the city. It is true that horses and carriages can enter and exit."
Risadiran first described the secret door, and then asked the lord, "But, sir, do you really think that Ediz can do as you say? He doesn't seem to be suitable for deceiving people, and he seems to like to make his own decisions..."
"I don't care at all whether he will do as I say, as long as he returns the three thousand dinars to Brigi... Do you think Brigi thinks that the money I gave to Ediz must be much more than the three thousand dinars? It's even so much that Ediz doesn't care about the three thousand dinars anymore..."
Li Ang shook his head and said, "I only need Brigi to believe that I will really attack from the secret door. I don't need anything else. I hope he can survive. In fact, he should be a kind person..."
Ediz probably didn't realize that Li Ang asked him to take the three thousand dinars, just to prove that Li Ang had believed the 'attack through the secret door' scam conveyed by Ediz.
After all, Ediz pretended to be Ramon's subordinate to pass on information, and Li Ang paid him a large sum of money, which looked like he was settling the balance with Ramon - which meant that Li Ang believed what Ediz said.
This is of course to convince Brigi that Li Ang will indeed attack from the secret door tomorrow night. He will definitely place his main force near the secret door, and he will definitely guard the secret door all night.
Then, Li Ang can launch a direct frontal attack the day after tomorrow, and then when Brigi transfers the exhausted troops to the front wall, he can send elites to carry out a flanking attack from both sides through the secret door.
Useful tactics are often not too complicated. When it is determined that the enemy's main force is exhausted, attacking the city from the front is also a good choice.
The timeliness of Li Ang's attack on the secret door may only differ by half a day, but this half day is likely to be fatal to Brigi. The accurate timeliness is actually the 'natural time'.
However, this will actually put Ediz in danger - Brigi will probably torture Ediz and ask where the other money is.
After all, in Brigi's view, if a big boss like Ramon can proactively provide intelligence services, then Li Ang will definitely settle a large sum of money for Ramon...
Moreover, Brigi also knew that Ramon was auctioning the city lord. This kind of matter involving the city lord's position would definitely involve far more than three thousand dinars.
In fact, this is also the reason why Li Ang must kill Brigi.
It's not because Brigi tried to control Li Ang with poison, nor because of this guy's immoral way of doing things, but because Brigi caught Ramon's men and must have asked a lot of things from Ramon's men.
Since Ediz can know the contact information agreed between Ramon and Li Ang, it means that Ramon's men should have confessed everything they knew after being caught.
However, Ramon probably didn't tell his subordinates about the auction of Bahad Khan, so Ediz - or Brigi thought that Li Ang came to Dexia to launch the 'battle of dignity'.
In fact, most people may think so. After all, Duchy of Dexia was once a vassal principality of Kingdom of Pendor, and Lionheart Kingdom has always claimed to be inherited from Kingdom of Pendor.
Although Dexia became independent in the second year after the founding of the Lionheart Kingdom, Lionheart Kingdom will certainly not recognize its independence. Each generation of Lion King will not regard the rulers of Dexia as equal monarchs. After all, the kingdom still needs the face of the kingdom.
The capital was attacked by a former vassal state, and it was necessary for the Lionheart Kingdom to launch a counterattack. Otherwise, Lionheart Kingdom would appear weak, and other countries might find excuses to declare war.
If they are equal countries, such as between the Lionheart Kingdom and Bacchus Empire, they can show weakness to lure the enemy, they can endure hardships, or they can admit defeat, it's no problem.
But facing a former vassal state, one cannot show weakness, not at all.
This is the face of the kingdom.
The capital of the Lionheart Kingdom was attacked by Bahad Khan Kadan, so Lionheart Kingdom should attack the Dexia capital Toba City, either by killing Kadan or by capturing Toba.
Anyway, at least Kadan's territory must be turned upside down. This is not only a retaliatory counterattack, but also the reaction Lionheart Kingdom should have when facing provocation.
It is estimated that Kadan thinks so too, so he hired Brigi to strengthen Toba City's military strength.
But the problem is, the marshal of the Lionheart Kingdom is Li Ang...
Li Ang actually doesn't care much about the Lionheart Kingdom's face, he cares more about more practical things.
Such as your own safety and whether your plan will succeed.
Brigi knows too much. In order to avoid any accidents in the plan, Brigi must die in Toba City.
Late at night, within Toba City.
Ediz has met Brigi.
Just as Li Ang expected, Ediz has been tied up, and the three thousand dinars have fallen into the hands of Brigi, but Brigi does not think that this is a debt repaid by Ediz...
"Ediz, you should understand that this is a mission, and I should distribute the loot obtained during the mission. This is my rule here... Tell me, where did you hide the other dinars?"
Brigi was holding a whip in his hand and looked a little ferocious.
"Nothing else, that's it... and this is not a trophy, this is my unexpected income! Brigi, let me go! I have paid off the debt, and you are no longer my employer!"
Ediz gritted his teeth and widened his eyes. Apparently Brigi's behavior exceeded his expectations.
"Okay, even if I'm not your employer... I can make you owe me money again at any time! Give him medicine!"
Brigi stood behind Ediz, swung his whip and struck Ediz on the back a few times, and then directed a woman to give Ediz medicine.
The woman was wearing a half-covered helmet. The part above her mouth was hidden in the helmet, so her face could not be seen.
This should be 'Omen Seeker' under Brigi.
"What is this! I don't eat this..."
Ediz gritted his teeth and turned to dodge, but the woman grabbed her chin and raised her head.
This action caused Ediz to look up from the bottom and see the face of Omen Seeker through the half-covered helmet.
"It's you!"
Ediz stopped struggling and stared closely at Omen Seeker: "Are you a subordinate of Brigi? Did you lie to me according to Brigi's orders from the beginning? Brigi! You bastard! Uh-huh..."
That Omen Seeker didn't say anything, but seemed to smile contemptuously, poured a cup of dark liquid into Ediz's mouth, and stopped his chatter.
"I said, I can make you owe me money at any time...Ediz, tell me where is the dinar that Li Ang gave you? He can't only give Ramon three thousand dinars..."
Brigi seemed to believe that Ediz had hidden more money, and he waved his whip again.
But Ediz stopped talking, just looked at the Omen Seeker in front of him with red eyes, gritted his teeth and endured the whipping without saying a word.
Such torture will ultimately be fruitless, after all, Ediz really has no money hidden.
In the end, Brigi could only put Ediz into Toba City's prison.
Of course he will not kill Ediz, after all, he thinks Ediz must have hidden a lot of dinars... He will wait until Ediz's drug addiction attacks, and by then, there will be consequences for asking anything.
But the next afternoon, Ediz disappeared.
To be precise, Ediz escaped from the prison of Toba City - he was able to quietly knock out the sentries outside Li Ang's military camp. His skills were actually very good.
Brigi was unaware of Ediz's jailbreak because he was busy setting up an ambush near the secret door...
At the same time, Li Ang's troops began to slowly march towards Toba City.
It was obviously unreasonable to launch an advance in the afternoon. Normally, the attackers would advance early in the morning. They set out in the afternoon. When they got to the city, they had to deploy siege equipment. By the time they were ready to attack the city, it would be already dark.
This situation also means that Li Ang's army should not launch a frontal attack.
Brigi strengthened his confidence. He felt that Li Ang was just using the army as a cover, so he must enter the city through a secret door...
So he deployed most of his elite troops to ambush near the river in the west of the city and in the slums inside the city - that is, on both sides of the secret door.
Li Ang's army did not attack the city, they were just concentrating on building siege facilities.
And Brigi waited all night near the secret door, and indeed a troop arrived.
Those were actually the two hundred or so people brought by Risadiran. They were actually not elite soldiers, but some recruits who were responsible for night guard and miscellaneous tasks...
Risadiran led them around the secret door, neither approaching nor moving away.
At night, there was only starlight, and the lights were dark. Brigi thought that these were probably the elites brought by Li Ang, so he kept working hard to prepare for the battle.
But this team kept going back and forth but never came in, which made Brigi feel empty.
As a result, Brigi and his elite men waited in ambush near the secret door all night, but Risadiran only took the new recruits for the whole night...
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In the new year, I wish you all good fortune and all your dreams come true.