When it was dark, the captives released by Yun Zheng finally returned to Weibian City.
He also brought a letter written by Yun Zheng to Bambu.
Bambu opened the letter and took a quick glance at it before his face darkened.
Soon, Bambu found Wulie with the letter.
"You want us to exchange two thousand war horses for those corpses?"
Wu Lie's face was gloomy. He slammed the letter in his hand on the table and growled with gritted teeth: "This damn Yun Zheng has a big appetite!"
Two thousand war horses are really nothing to Beihuan.
However, giving two thousand war horses to the Dagan people is another matter.
"Should we change now or not?"
Bambu frowned and said, "Yun Zheng made it very clear in the letter that if he doesn't see the war horses within ten days, he will send the bodies of our warriors to Suining Guard and hang them on the city wall of Suining Guard..."
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"Hang up if you want!"
Wu Lie's face was full of frost, and he said disapprovingly: "It's useless for us to hold those corpses anyway!"
Bambu frowned and sighed, "Prince, our army has just been defeated and morale is already low. If Yun Zheng really does this, I'm afraid it will further affect our army's morale!"
Beihuan is different from Dagan.
The main goal now is to hold on and wait until the spring of next year before launching a large-scale war.
However, Beihuan wanted to cripple the Beifu Army this winter so that it would be too weak to fight again in the spring, thus buying time for Beihuan and alleviating the famine.
As long as they can hold out until next autumn, Beihuan's food crisis will be resolved and their war horses will be fat and strong.
By then, even if Dagan doesn't fight, Beihuan will take the initiative to start a war.
Now, as the attacking party, Beihuan must not let its morale drop!
"Are we going to give them two thousand war horses for nothing just for a bunch of useless corpses?"
Wu Lie's face was gloomy.
Bei Huan had just been defeated, and he was already full of anger.
Now, we also need to send war horses to those who work hard.
He couldn't swallow this insult no matter what!
Of course, Bambu was not reconciled.
But thinking about the morale issue, he had to consider agreeing to Yun Zheng's conditions.
Bambu was silent for a moment, and then suggested to Wulie, "If the eldest prince can't make up his mind, you can send a war eagle to pass the message to the Great Chanyu and let the Great Chanyu make the decision. This way, the eldest prince will not make a rash decision and cause the Great Chanyu's dissatisfaction..."
Wu Lie thought silently for a while, and finally nodded reluctantly.
The first battle against Dagan ended in a disastrous defeat. I'm afraid some people in Wang Ting have begun to be dissatisfied with him.
If something went wrong again at this time, he might lose his position as the commander-in-chief.
After sending someone to deliver the message to the royal court, Wu Lie looked at Bambu with a frown on his face, "We must win a big victory as soon as possible. What should we do next?"
If he had won the first place, he wouldn't have to worry so much now.
But they suffered a crushing defeat in the first battle, and their large-scale siege of the city was not safe.
Now, he didn't know which direction to attack.
Of course, he also knew that their morale was low, so they urgently needed a victory to boost morale.
Bambu replied: "I do have some ideas, but let's wait for news from the royal court first!"
Wu Lie thought silently for a while and nodded weakly.
Damn Yun Zheng!
This prince will tear you into pieces sooner or later!
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Soon, two days passed.
Wu Lie also received the news from the royal court.
Change!
Although the people of the Beihuan royal court did not want to give two thousand war horses to Yun Zheng and his men for nothing, they had to do so for the morale of Beihuan.
However, Beihuan would not be so foolish as to give all the troops to the excellent war horses.
The Great Chanyu of Beihuan asked Wulie to exchange the bodies of Beihuan soldiers for the old and weak war horses that were about to be eliminated.
In fact, even if the Great Chanyu did not ask him to do so, Wulie would have done so.
Now that this matter has been settled, the next natural step is to discuss how to exchange it.
Just as Wu Lie had just sent someone to notify the captains to come to the tent for a meeting, a guard came in quickly and said, "My lord, this is an urgent report from Suli, the left wise king of Qingbian!"
As he spoke, the guard bowed and presented the urgent report.
Wu Lie immediately opened the urgent report to check.
As he watched, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Wu Lie's face.
At this time, Bambu and the generals rushed into the tent.
“Look what this is!”
Wu Lie handed the urgent report in his hand to Bambu with excitement on his face.
Bambu took the urgent report suspiciously, and after a cursory glance, his eyelids suddenly jumped.
Seeing that Bambu looked upset, the others gathered around him.
Seeing the contents of the emergency report, everyone's faces changed color.
trap!
Yun Zheng’s request to exchange the corpse for a warhorse from Bei Huan was a complete trap!
Yun Zheng and the others had never thought about exchanging with them, they just wanted to disrupt their sight.
Yun Zheng's real purpose was to take advantage of their unpreparedness and launch a surprise attack on the Beihuan defenders at Langya Pass with 3,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry. Afterwards, the infantry would stay behind to guard the Langya Pass while the cavalry would rush all the way to the Beihuan horse pasture on the west side of Yanhui Mountain.
That is the location of the second largest horse farm in Beihuan!
Their goal is to steal the war horses from the stable!
If this plan succeeds, Beihuan will suffer heavy losses.
"My Lord, where did Suli learn about Yun Zheng's plan?"
A burly captain asked, breathing heavily.
"Don't worry about this."
Wu Lie shook his head slightly and looked at Bambu again, "What do you think of the credibility of this urgent report?"
"Let me think about it!"
Bambu frowned, his mind racing.
Of course he knew where Suli got the plan from.
They had known for a long time that someone in the Northern Army wanted to use them to get rid of Yun Zheng.
It is not uncommon for those who want to get rid of Yun Zheng to tell them the plan of Yun Zheng's troops.
However, they are not fools.
They also have to suspect that this is a conspiracy by the big guys.
What he needs to think about now is, if this is a trick of the Da Gan people, what is their real purpose?
What can they accomplish with this conspiracy?
However, after thinking it over, he had no idea what impact this conspiracy would have on them.
So what if they were to use fewer men to defend the Langya Valley? They could simply recruit young and strong men from various tribes on a temporary basis, and there was no need to mobilize the troops guarding the three border cities.
In this way, the Northern Army would not be able to attack the three border cities when their defenses were weak.
They didn't dare to attack the city rashly, and the Northern Army didn't dare to attack the city rashly either!
They seemed to have nothing to lose no matter what they did.
Bambu pondered for a while, then looked at Wulie, "What does the eldest prince think?"
Wu Lie said in a deep voice: "It is better to believe it than not to believe it! If it is true, this battle will definitely allow us to avenge our previous humiliation and avenge Shudu and his men! Even if this is a trick of the Dagan people, the worst that can happen is that we can temporarily recruit young and strong men to guard the Langya Pass. As long as we don't withdraw troops from the three border cities, we won't suffer any losses."
Bambu nodded slightly, "Although I think so too! But I always feel that something is wrong! Let's think about it carefully to avoid falling into Yun Zheng's trap again!"
"Yun Zheng?"
Wu Lie frowned, "I heard that Yun Zheng is a useless prince. What kind of conspiracy can he come up with?"
"No!"
Bambu shook his head slightly. "When I was in the Dagan Imperial City, I fought with Yun Zheng several times, but never got any advantage! Yun Zheng is definitely not as simple as he looks. This guy is most likely a wolf who is very good at disguise!"
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