Chapter 274: If You Don’t Come In, Then Rub Me
Ediz did owe Brigi a large sum of money—three thousand dinars.
In order to pay off his debts, he became a mercenary for Bridget.
But for an ordinary Singal mercenary, three thousand dinars is a huge sum of money that is difficult to pay back in a lifetime, even if he sells Aidiz he still cannot pay it back.
Judging from the 'prices' that Ramon, a professional human trafficker, usually gives to various warriors, a Singal rider like Ediz is probably only worth 700 dinars.
If the buyer is good at bargaining, Ramon might even give him a lame old horse as a bonus...
Therefore, Ediz was originally pessimistic about his future destiny. He could not pay back the huge sum of money, and it was difficult for him to get rid of Bridget's drug control. The key point was that the debt would even get bigger and bigger - Ediz was not a believer of Bridget's mysterious religion, and the opium Bridget gave him was not free.
There is almost no hope in such a life.
Of course, Ediz is still trying hard to find a solution. For example, this time, he took the initiative to seize the opportunity to fool Leon.
This life-threatening opportunity would reduce his debt a little and give him a small amount of opium paste.
At a time when Bridget stopped taking drugs from his troops, this little ball of opium seemed quite rare...
When a person is in poverty and destitute, it is indeed very tragic. Everyone who struggles at the bottom has his or her own difficulties and helplessness.
If the person struggling at the bottom of society still wants to save face, it will be even more difficult .
It is obvious that Ediz is a man who cares about his reputation - he even refuses to imitate the mating calls of a wild cat, he has a strong sense of self-esteem.
But perhaps Ediz was lucky. The mission he fought for opium gave him the opportunity to truly change his destiny.
"Tomorrow you can pay your debt, and I will give you three thousand dinars."
Leon stared into Ediz's eyes: "Go back to Bridget and tell him that I believe you are Ramon's subordinate..."
"Wait! Lord Leon, I will not become an assassin for money... I can leave my employer because his actions have made me lose my honor. But I can't assassinate him again. This is the bottom line of being a human being... Although I also hope that he will be killed by someone, the person who kills him cannot be me."
Ediz interrupted Leon and spoke seriously without avoiding Leon's gaze.
Most of Singal's mercenaries do have this sense of honor. They do believe in dinars, but they also have a bottom line when they are mercenaries. This is a code of conduct that has gradually formed over the past hundred years in this chaotic place of Singal - they can cheat, disrespect the gods, and leave their employers, but they must never attack the employers who pay them.
In fact, Singal riders and spearmen are also quite popular in the mercenary industry. Even when faced with a lot of temptations, they will not attack their employers. At most, they will steal things and run away.
Perhaps, no matter which continent, only the lower-class people can maintain these senses of honor and moral values.
But the thing is, Ediz is now a drug addict - it's actually quite rare for a drug addict to still retain such a sense of honor.
So Leon smiled. He felt that someone like Ediz was just right for his plan.
"Ediz... I don't intend to let you assassinate Bridget. Besides, I don't think you are cut out to be a killer..."
Leon grinned and shook his head. "I just need you to pay back the money you owe to Bridget. Just say that I gave you a sum of money because I believed that you were Ramon's subordinate. This is the cooperation payment I paid to Ramon. And tomorrow night, I will personally lead the team to attack Toba City through that secret door and let Bridget be ready to catch me... Do you understand? Repeat my words."
Ediz recited it again honestly and found no mistakes.
"Okay, Lisadiran, go get him three thousand dinars, send him into Toba City, and go with him to investigate the so-called secret door."
Li Ang nodded, signaling Ediz that he could leave.
There is certainly no problem with this job. It is just taking advantage of the way Bridget intends to deceive Leon. It is not difficult. It is just delivering a message.
Although Ediz knew that Leon was planning to launch a counter-ambush on Bridger, as long as he didn't stab his employer to death with his own hands - as long as he paid off the debt he owed to Bridger, Bridger would no longer be his employer. After that, no matter how Leon dealt with Bridger, it would have nothing to do with him.
So the Singal rider rode back to Toba again with a huge money bag - with Risadilan watching secretly, Ediz didn't dare to run away with the money.
Not long after, Riza Dilan returned with Klose.
"Sir, the drug addict did enter Toba City from a secret door on the west side... It seems that Bridget was well prepared to deceive you. That door should be used to transport feces out of the city. It is indeed possible to ride a horse and even a carriage to enter and exit."
Lisadilan first described the secret door, and then asked the lord: "But, sir, do you really think that Ediz can do what you say? He doesn't look like a good liar, and he seems to like to act on his own..."
"I don't care whether he does what I say or not, as long as he returns the three thousand dinars to Bridget... Do you think Bridget will think that the money I gave to Ediz must be much more than the three thousand dinars? It's so much that Ediz doesn't care about the three thousand dinars anymore..."
Leon shook his head and said, "I just need Bridge to believe that I will really attack from the secret door, nothing else is needed. I hope he can survive. In fact, he should be a kind person..."
Ediz probably didn't realize that Leon asked him to take the three thousand dinars just to prove that Leon had believed Ediz's scam of "attacking through the secret door".
After all, Edizi was pretending to be Ramon's subordinate to pass on information, and Leon paid him a large sum of money, which looked like he was settling the final payment to Ramon - which meant that Leon believed Edizi's words.
This was of course to make Bridget convinced that Leon would indeed attack from the secret door tomorrow night. He would definitely deploy his main force near the secret door, and he himself would definitely guard the secret door all night.
Then, Leon could launch a frontal attack the day after tomorrow morning, and then send elite troops to attack from both sides through the secret door when Bridget transferred his exhausted troops to the front city wall.
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 time limit for Leon to attack the secret door may only be half a day, but this half day may be fatal to Bridget. The accurate time limit is actually the "time".
However, this would actually put Ediz in danger - Bridget would probably torture Ediz and force him to tell her where the rest of the money is.
After all, in Bridge's opinion, if a big shot like Ramon could take the initiative to provide intelligence services, then Leon would definitely pay Ramon a large sum of money...
Moreover, Bridget also knew that Ramon was auctioning the city lord's position. This matter involving the position of the city lord must involve a sum of money far more than three thousand dinars.
In fact, this is also the reason why Leon must kill Bridge.
It wasn't because Bridget tried to control Leon with poison, nor was it because of this guy's immoral way of doing things, but because Bridget captured Ramon's men and must have forced a lot of information out of Ramon's men.
Since Ediz knew the contact information agreed upon by Ramon and Leon, it means that Ramon's men should have confessed everything they knew after being captured.
However, Ramon probably didn't tell his men about the auction of Bahad Khan's throne, so Ediz - or rather, Bridget believed that Leon came to Desha to initiate a "battle of dignity".
In fact, most people would probably think so. After all, the D'Shar Principality was once a vassal duchy of the Pendor Kingdom, and the Sarleon Kingdom has always claimed to be the successor of the Pendor Kingdom.
Although D'Shar became independent in the second year after the founding of the Sarleon Kingdom, the Sarleon Kingdom certainly would not recognize its independence. Every generation of Sarleon kings would not regard the rulers of D'Shar as equal monarchs. After all, the kingdom still had to maintain its face.
Being attacked by a former vassal state, the Sarleon Kingdom had to launch a counterattack. Otherwise, the Sarleon Kingdom would appear weak, and other countries might find an excuse to declare war on it.
If the two countries are equals, such as the Kingdom of the Fierce Lion and the Bacchus Empire, they can show weakness to lure the enemy, endure hardships, or admit defeat. There is no problem with that.
But we cannot show weakness towards our former vassal state, not at all.
This is the face of the kingdom.
The capital of the Sarleon Kingdom was attacked by Bahadur Khan Kadan, so the Sarleon Kingdom should attack the D'Shar capital, Toba City, either to kill Kadan or capture Toba.
At least Cardan's territory must be turned upside down. This is both a retaliatory counterattack and the proper response of the Sarleon Kingdom when faced with provocation.
I guess Cardan thought so too, so he hired Bridge to strengthen the military strength of Toba City.
But the problem is that the Marshal of the Sarleon Kingdom is Leon...
Leon actually doesn't care much about the reputation of the Kingdom of Sarleon. He cares more about more practical things.
For example, your own safety and whether your plan will succeed.
Bridget knew too much. In order to avoid any accidents in the plan, Bridget must die in Toba City.
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Late at night, in Toba City.
Ediz has already met Bridget.
Just as Leon expected, Aidizi had been tied up, and the three thousand dinars had fallen into Bridge's hands, but Bridge did not think that this was Aidizi's debt...
"Edizi, you should understand that this is a mission. The spoils obtained during the mission should be distributed by me. This is the rule here... Tell me, where did you hide the other dinars?"
Bridget was holding a whip in his hand and his face looked somewhat ferocious.
"Nothing else, just these... And this isn't a war booty, this is my unexpected income! Bridge, let me go! I've paid off my debt, you're no longer my employer!"
Ediz gritted his teeth and widened his eyes. It was obvious that Bridge's behavior was beyond his expectations.
"Okay, even if I'm not your employer anymore... I can always make you owe me money again! Give him medicine!"
Bridget stood behind Ediz, whipped Ediz's back a few times with a whip, and then directed a woman to give Ediz medicine.
The woman was wearing a half-helmet, with her mouth and above hidden inside the helmet, so her face could not be seen.
This should be the 'Omen Seeker' under Bridge.
"What is this! I don't eat this..."
Ediz gritted his teeth and turned his head to dodge, but the woman pinched his chin and raised his head.
This movement made Ediz look up from the bottom, and he saw the face of the Omen Seeker through the half-covered helmet.
"It's you!"
Ediz stopped struggling and stared at the omen seeker. "Are you Bridget's subordinate? You were lying to me from the beginning according to Bridget's orders? Bridget! You bastard! Ugh..."
The omen seeker said nothing, but just smiled contemptuously and poured a cup of black liquid into Ediz's mouth, shutting up his chattering mouth.
"I told you, I can make you owe me money at any time... Ediz, tell me where the dinars Leon gave you are? He couldn't have only given Ramon 3,000 dinars..."
Bridget seemed to have determined that Eddiz had hidden more money, and he cracked the whip again.
But Ediz stopped talking. He just stared at the omen seeker in front of him with red eyes, gritted his teeth and endured the whipping without saying a word.
Such interrogation would ultimately produce no results, after all, Edizi really did not hide any money.
In the end, Bridge had no choice but to put Ediz in prison in Toba City.
Of course he would not kill Ediz. After all, he felt that Ediz must have hidden a lot of dinars... He would wait until Ediz's drug addiction took effect. By then, any question he asked would yield results.
But the next afternoon, Ediz was gone.
To be precise, Ediz escaped from the prison in Toba City - he was able to knock out the scouts outside Leon's camp silently, which showed that he was quite skilled.
Bridget was unaware of Eddiz's escape because he was busy setting up an ambush near the secret door...
At the same time, Leon's troops began to march slowly towards Toba City.
It was obviously unreasonable to launch an attack in the afternoon. Usually, the attackers would march in the early morning. If they set out in the afternoon, they would have to arrange siege equipment when they arrived at the city. By the time they were ready to attack the city, it would probably be dark.
This situation also means that Li Ang's army will probably not launch a frontal attack.
Bridget was confident. He thought Leon was just using the army as a cover, so he must have entered the city through the 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 inside and outside.
Li Ang's army did not attack the city, they were just concentrating on building siege facilities.
Bridge waited near the secret door for a whole night, and indeed a troop arrived.
Those were actually the 200 or so people that Lisa Dilan led. They were not elite soldiers, but new recruits who were responsible for night guard duty and odd jobs...
Lisadilan led them to wander around the secret door, neither getting closer nor farther away.
There was only starlight in the dark at night. Bridget thought that these were probably the elite troops led by Leon, so he was always prepared for a battle.
But this team kept moving back and forth but never came in, which made Bridge feel empty.
As a result, Bridge and his elite troops had been lying in ambush near the secret door for a whole night, but Risadilan only stayed there with the team of new recruits...
