Although Fang Yunshi was dissatisfied with Yun Zheng's attitude, he did not dare to act rashly.
After trying hard to calm his mind, Fang Yunshi finally spoke: "Hujie Great Chanyu intends to make peace with Dagan and marry Princess Jiayao to the prince. He hopes that Dagan and Beihuan can stop the attack and make peace again..."
As he spoke, Fang Yunshi sent someone to deliver the marriage certificate.
Yun Zheng asked someone to take it.
When Yun Zheng opened it, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.
Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin moved a little closer, with surprise showing on their faces at the same time.
It really is a marriage certificate!
This is a formal marriage certificate, which is much more reliable than Jiayao’s verbal words.
Does Hu Jie really intend to make peace with Da Gan by marrying his daughter?
Exchange peace for marriage?
...
...
Or does he want to use the same tactics he used against Bolun on Yun Zheng?
The latter is more likely, right?
After all, it can be said that the reason Beihuan was beaten into this state today was all thanks to Yun Zheng.
If Hu Jie doesn’t want Yun Zheng’s life, then something strange must be happening!
Yun Zheng put away the marriage certificate and said with a smile: "Since Hu Jie Chanyu has sent the marriage certificate, I will accept it with reluctance! By the way, go back and ask Hu Jie to send Jia Yao here first, so that I can send someone back to the imperial city to ask for permission from my father!"
"Your Highness can now send someone back to the Imperial City to ask for permission."
Fang Yunshi smiled and said, "I know that Dagan attaches great importance to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. If the emperor of Dagan is not convenient to come to Shuobei, you can send an envoy to Shuobei to discuss the marriage between the prince and Jiayao!"
"Alright!"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "By the way, did your Great Chanyu say what dowry he would give Jia Yao?"
"Of course there is a dowry."
Fang Yunshi replied: "However, these will be discussed later when we discuss the marriage."
"Is that so?"
Yun Zheng frowned slightly, "Why do I feel like you are lying to me?"
"No, absolutely not!"
Fang Yunshi shook his head quickly, "Here is a letter from Princess Jiayao to Your Highness, please take a look."
As he spoke, Fang Yunshi took out another letter and asked the accompanying staff to bring it up.
Soon, Yun Zheng got the letter.
Judging from the handwriting, it should indeed be Jiayao's handwriting.
The content of Jiayao's letter is also very simple.
She was willing to marry and tried her best to persuade her father to let the Northern Huan tribes retreat to a distance of more than 500 miles.
But Jia Yao also had a condition, hoping that Yun Zheng could return half of the sweet potatoes to her.
Because she was a woman, she was destined not to be the Great Khan of Beihuan.
She just wanted to free the people of the various tribes in Beihuan from famine. As long as Beihuan had enough food and as long as they could survive, they were actually unwilling to go to war with Dagan.
Jia Yao's words in the letter were so sincere that Yun Zheng almost believed it.
After reading the letter, Yun Zheng deliberately showed a look of surprise, and immediately said to Fang Yunshi: "Go back and tell Jiayao that I want to meet her again at Bailang Lake in three days to discuss some specific matters! Tell her not to play tricks!"
"good."
Fang Yunshi agreed immediately.
"Anything else?"
Yun Zheng said: "If everything is fine, you can leave now!"
"Then I'll take my leave first!"
After saying that, Fang Yunshi simply saluted Yun Zheng and left with his entourage.
"Alright, let's all go!"
Yun Zhengchong looked at his people in confusion, waved his hand, and called several key generals in the camp to discuss the matter.
Soon, everyone came to the meeting hall which had been simply renovated.
Yun Zheng was not stingy and directly showed Jia Yao's letter to everyone.
“Is this true?”
"Retreat five hundred miles?"
"Jiayao hasn't forgotten the ground potatoes yet. It seems that the ground potatoes are very important to them!"
"My Lord, could this be a trick?"
Everyone was talking about it, feeling surprised, but also thinking that Jia Yao was a little too generous.
"It must be a trick!"
Yun Zheng smiled at everyone and said, "They probably just want to delay us!"
"Hmm?" Shen Luoyan frowned slightly, "You mean, Bo Luan may have summoned his old subordinates, and they want to delay us and get rid of Bo Luan as soon as possible?"
If Jia Yao and Hu Jie wanted to hold them back, it seemed that this was their only purpose.
"Bo Luan may not have gathered enough of his old subordinates, but they may have noticed Bo Luan's actions!"
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "It should be easy for them to deal with Bolun now, but the premise is that we don't send troops to help Bolun!"
"As long as they can hold us back, they can quickly get rid of Bolun and put an end to the civil unrest!"
"Jiayao was afraid that I would get suspicious, so she deliberately asked me to return half of the potatoes to her!"
"She wanted me to think this was a deal, not a conspiracy..."
Listening to Yun Zheng's analysis, everyone couldn't help but nod slightly.
If Bolun succeeds, Jiayao and Hujie might really do this.
It can even be said that it is necessary to do so!
"So, when you said that you would meet Jiayao at White Wolf Lake in three days, you were also lying to them?"
Miaoyin pursed her lips and smiled.
She actually thought that Yun Zheng wanted to negotiate with Jia Yao in private!
She had wanted to persuade Yun Zheng later to be careful of the enemy's cheating.
Now it seems that it is completely unnecessary.
"You must have tricked them!"
Yun Zheng smiled, and then asked Dugu Ce, "How long can the dry food we have made these days sustain 20,000 cavalrymen?"
"Ten days at most!" Dugu Ce replied.
Ten days?
That’s almost enough!
Yun Zheng hesitated for a moment, then asked, "How long will it take for the food and fodder escorted by the 20,000 cavalrymen behind to arrive?"
"About two days!"
Dugu Ce replied.
Yun Zheng thought for a moment, and immediately ordered Dugu Ce: "Send someone to tell them to speed up the delivery of food and fodder. It must be delivered before noon tomorrow! Don't worry about the cattle and horses. If they are gone, we can go to Beihuan to rob them!"
"yes!"
Dugu Ce accepted the order and asked tentatively, "My Lord, are you planning to send out troops tomorrow?"
"right!"
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "We must send troops as soon as possible, otherwise, Bolun will be quickly wiped out!"
The combat effectiveness of the people that Bo Luan temporarily gathered should be very limited.
They must send troops to help Bo Luan defeat the Hu Jie army first, so that Bo Luan will have a chance to regroup.
It's rare that someone from Beihuan would take the initiative to seek cooperation with them.
If Bolun was destroyed, their subsequent plans would be difficult to implement.
Dugu Ce hesitated for a moment, frowned and said: "Now this is all the prince's guess, we haven't received any definite news yet, how about we wait until we receive definite news before sending troops?"
Listening to Dugu Ce's words, everyone nodded in agreement.
Yun Zheng’s idea is good.
But all this is based on the premise that Bolun has gathered enough old subordinates to go to war with Hu Jie.
If Yun Zheng made a wrong judgment and they sent out their troops rashly, they would likely fall into the enemy's trap.
Even though they have the advantage over Beihuan now, they still need to be cautious when necessary.
Although Beihuan is now facing internal and external troubles, it is not without the ability to fight again.
The outcome of a major war may very likely affect future situations.
"I know!"
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "That's just my idea now. Let's prepare our troops first and see what the situation is tomorrow! Okay, let's get down to work!"
If he didn't want to wait and see if the Eighteen Ghost Riders could bring back any definite news, he would have sent troops right now!
This matter should be dealt with sooner rather than later!
After a brief explanation, Yun Zheng led his men towards the tributary of the Baishui River.
Qin Qihu came back last night and reported that there was no suitable place to cross the river.
There are narrow places, but the terrain is bad. Even if a bridge is built to cross, it will take a long time just to assemble. It is better to go around under the tributary.
If we go around that way, it would be strange if we are not discovered by the enemy.
But in places where the water flow is gentle and the terrain is relatively wide, by the time the bridge is built, the flowers will be cold.
He had to go and see for himself if he could find a suitable place to cross the river…
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