Liu Jin stood there, not daring to move an inch.
"Useless..." Jiang Tian cursed angrily, "You keep saying you want to share the burdens of your Emperor, but you can't even kill someone?"
Lu Fang glanced at Liu Jin: "Useless thing."
Liu Jin said tremblingly, "Grand Ancestor, it's not that your son is useless. The other party is Xiao Tianzuo. If your son kills him, the Liao Kingdom will retaliate, and our Great Xia Dynasty will inevitably suffer a devastating blow."
"Hesitant and indecisive, cowardly as a mouse, and full of excuses." Jiang Tian already had little liking for these eunuchs, and this Liu Jin was so cowardly.
"Liu Jin... he never has any... guts when he does things." Lu Fang sneered.
"Your Majesty, I will kill him right now!" a eunuch shouted from the side.
Jiang Tian glanced at Luo Xiaohu: "Chop off one of Xiao Tianzuo's fingers and take it back to them so they can show it to Xiao Tianyou. Make them send over 500,000 taels of gold."
"They have ten days to deliver it, or I'll chop off one of their fingers for every day that's gone."
Luo Xiaohu nodded, then strode forward and chopped off one of Xiao Tianzuo's fingers with a slash.
Jiang Tian walked up to a Khitan warrior and said, "You're in luck. You can go back and deliver the message now."
The Khitan warrior turned pale with fright.
"Don't waste time."
"Otherwise, if Xiao Tianzuo dies, that will be your responsibility."
"Yes, yes, please be merciful and release Lord Xiao first, and we will definitely send the money."
Jiang Tian then pulled off the wolf fang necklace from Xiao Tianzuo's neck and handed it to the Khitan warrior.
The Khitan warrior scrambled and ran away as fast as he could.
After the Khitan warrior ran away, Lü Fang came over and said, "Young brother, are you prepared to spare Xiao Tianzuo?"
“Grandpa, they’re willing to offer 500,000 taels of gold. If you can come up with 1 million taels of gold and have someone who dares to kill Xiao Tianzuo, then this guy’s life is yours.”
Lu Fang stood there, motionless, while the Great Xia Dynasty was beset by internal and external troubles.
The imperial court's military generals have been almost entirely wiped out in both domestic and foreign wars.
There are almost no capable people in the imperial court.
Due to years of severe drought, crops failed completely.
The imperial court was unable to collect taxes at all.
The imperial court has no money; where would it get a million taels of gold to give to Jiang Tian?
"Young man, could you write me an IOU?" Lu Fang finally managed to utter these words, his old face flushed red.
What do you think?
Lu Fang was somewhat embarrassed: "Young man, could we speak in private for a moment?"
"If you can give me one million taels of gold, I'll not only talk to you one step at a time, but I'll even talk to you ten steps at a time."
Jiang Tian followed Lü Fang to the side.
"Young brother, you have already injured Xiao Tianzuo. If Xiao Tianyou leads his army to conquer the Great Wall, the first city he will threaten is your Longcheng."
Young brother, you have already released that Khitan warrior. Xiao Tianyou will soon receive the news.
The Liao army's southward advance is a foregone conclusion; we are now all in the same boat.
Jiang Tian sneered: "You mean you're unwilling to pay one million taels of gold?"
If I can get past Xiao Tianzuo, I'm not afraid of his revenge.
"Even if they sent another 500,000 Liao troops, let alone their 100,000, what would I have to fear?"
When Lü Fang heard Jiang Tian say that, he thought Jiang Tian was just bragging.
The Liao cavalry swept across the grasslands, unmatched for twenty years, and they annihilated countless tribes on the grasslands.
“We’re not on the same side. You don’t have to give me that million taels of gold.” Jiang Tian glanced at Xiao Tianzuo, whose face was pale. “When my army marches south, I will be able to get even more from the court.”
"this……"
"As you yourself said, the court is beset by internal and external troubles, and rebellions are springing up everywhere like mushrooms after rain."
Not only the Liao Kingdom, but also the Liao Kingdom, are eyeing you covetously.
Which of the dozen or so countries on the northern grasslands wouldn't want to take a piece of your flesh?
The Baiyue people in the south, the Xiliang people in the west, and the Dongying people in the east—none of them are easy to deal with.
After hearing this, Lü Fang nodded helplessly.
Every word Jiang Tian said felt like a knife piercing his heart.
If it weren't for the internal and external troubles of the imperial court, and the deaths of many military generals, there would be no need for an old eunuch like him, who is about to be buried, to work for the court.
"But you want me to come up with one million taels of gold? We really can't. Her Majesty is working tirelessly for the court, and she can't eat or sleep properly all day."
Young man, you can temporarily owe me that one million taels of gold.
Once the imperial court had caught its breath...
"I will personally present the gold with both hands; what do you say?"
Jiang Tian laughed and said, "If you can't give me a million taels of gold, at least give me a deposit. Also, give me a formal title."
Upon hearing this, Lü Fang nodded repeatedly: "After I return to the capital, I will definitely inform His Majesty that my brother's civil and military achievements are outstanding, and the court will surely appoint you to a high-ranking official position."
Lu Fang sighed again: "Young brother, let me say something, and I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me."
The reason we went to the border was to communicate with the garrison and send Princess to the Xiongnu.
The imperial court has few capable people left.
Those brave and skilled generals either died in battle or continued to fight against rebel forces in various places.
"If we can form a marriage alliance with the Xiongnu, it will alleviate the pressure on Your Majesty in the north."
"Since we've come this far, then I won't stand on ceremony." Jiang Tian cleared his throat. "What I want isn't empty fame, but real power."
I intend to oversee the northern army of the Great Xia Dynasty.
“This…” Lu Fang hesitated, “I can’t make that decision. The Great Xia Dynasty has 300,000 troops in the north, and these 300,000 troops have been guarding the border and protecting the northern gate of our Great Xia Dynasty.”
Young man, you have no connections in the military, and no one in the military can speak up for you.
Furthermore, young man, you have not rendered any service to the Great Xia Dynasty.
Even if you were given this immense power, no one would obey you.
Lu Fang is right.
Even if Jiang Tianjiang were to seize power, his subordinates would not be convinced.
"Then you should go back and discuss it with the Empress now. Once you've reached an agreement, I estimate I'll be able to repel the enemy from the Liao Kingdom in the north."
Lü Fang nodded.
Just then.
A soldier rushed into the dungeon.
"Reporting to Your Excellency, Commander Han has led his army in triumph. In this battle, more than 40,000 of Zhang Shicheng's soldiers were killed and more than 10,000 were captured."
Lu Fang and the eunuch beside him were utterly shocked upon hearing this.
More than 50,000 troops were wiped out in an instant.
How come the other party is so powerful?
Several eunuchs quickly followed Jiang Tian outside.
"Someone come and set up a banquet at the city gate. I want to treat Han Xin and the others to a good meal." Jiang Tian was extremely excited.
However, the task he initially gave Han Xin was to capture more prisoners and kill fewer people.
In this battle, Han Xin killed more than 40,000 people and captured only more than 10,000.
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