The lieutenants surrounded the ballista, clamoring to test it out.
Qin Yue Zhao ordered Zheng Hu to take them to try it out and teach the soldiers how to use it. She then wrote a letter to Chu Xiao, informing him in detail about the Daqing Kingdom's ruler's desire to use gold and silver to renew grain.
She received a reply very quickly.
But to their surprise, the gods refused.
The reason is that if we sell grain to other countries rashly before agreeing to the agreement with the Northern Barbarians, they might turn against us after receiving the grain.
By then, who can guarantee that Daqing Kingdom won't join forces with other countries to seize grain?
Since the ruler of Daqing wants to join forces, let's work together from the inside and outside to destroy the Northern Barbarians before supplying them with grain.
Moreover, it was not that the Daqing Kingdom absorbed Qin Yuezhao's soldiers, but rather that Qin Yuezhao established her own kingdom after conquering the northern barbarian territory, opened up border trade between the two countries, and paid tribute to Qin Yuezhao with gold and silver treasures every year in exchange for water, seeds, and grain.
After all, the news was spread by the Northern Barbarians.
Even with the combined forces of the Northern Barbarians and the Great Wei, they failed to capture Liangcheng and could only urge other countries to join them.
The rulers of other countries are not fools, and naturally they cannot be used as cannon fodder. Therefore, the ruler of Daqing was certain that Qin Yuezhao would not want to leave Liangcheng, so he used gold and silver to buy grain.
As for whether he was truly allied with Qin Yue Zhao, no one could say for sure until they received the grain.
Qin Yue Zhao was very grateful for Chu Xiao's analysis.
He then said to Chen Wan'er, "The gods do not agree to sell grain to the Daqing Kingdom, but they can suggest that the Daqing Kingdom's ruler and the Huo family army join forces. After defeating the Northern Barbarians and annexing their territory, the two countries can discuss this matter in an alliance."
"Treat the envoys of the Great Qing Kingdom well, and prepare dry food and water for them. Let them go back and tell the King of the Great Qing Kingdom the truth about this news."
Chen Wan'er nodded.
"Yes, Your Highness, please rest assured, this humble general will definitely inform the Qing Kingdom envoy of the truth of this matter."
Originally, Chen Wan'er thought that she could put her mind at ease after giving the Qing Kingdom envoy some food.
Unexpectedly, within a single day, the Yelang Kingdom and the Qiang Kingdom also came to buy grain.
The envoy from Yelang even brought several thousand elite soldiers, and shouted outside the city gates without presenting a formal letter of invitation.
It wasn't until Huo Sanbao led his men to shoot and kill the rude envoy and the commander who attempted to force his way into the city that the bandit-like soldiers were driven away.
I thought this would quiet them down.
Unexpectedly, just as darkness fell, the envoys from the two countries arrived with their troops, immediately proposing an alliance and demanding food and water.
It's supposed to be an alliance, but there's no money and no posts.
Their attitude was completely different from Qing Kingdom's demand for an alliance, but they were incredibly arrogant.
Seeing that Huo Jiajun and Liangcheng soldiers wouldn't open the gate, a group of people stood at the city gate and shouted for a long time.
Their voices were hoarse from shouting, and the horses were kicking from hunger, so the group left in a sorry state.
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