After thinking for a while, Jia Yao couldn't think of Yun Zheng's other intentions, so she could only ask Yun Zheng for advice.
“Not as many reasons as you think.”
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "This time, our Northern Army has sent out all its elite troops. We must destroy a country anyway, right?"
Killing the chicken to scare the monkey?
Jia Yao pondered secretly, and then asked: "If you want to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, destroying Gui Fang should be more deterrent than destroying Qiu Chi, right?"
After all, Guifang is much stronger than Qiuchi.
"Didn't you tell me that I need to open up a passage to the tribes in western Mo."
Yun Zheng smiled casually, stared at Jia Yao with interest and asked, "I say, why do you suddenly care about this? Is your paranoia acting up again?"
Is it paranoia?
Jia Yao smiled bitterly.
...
...
She does have some paranoia.
She was worried that Yun Zheng kept Guifang in order to suppress Beihuan.
But he has already found Tuohuan to be his vanguard. Whether Guifang is destroyed or not, it seems that he can suppress Beihuan, right?
She always felt that there was something wrong here.
But she couldn't figure out what the problem was.
This made her a little uneasy.
She admitted that she was a little scared by Yun Zheng's scheme.
She was afraid that Yun Zheng would plot against her again.
Jia Yao was puzzled, and Yun Zheng was unwilling to say more, so she didn't want to dwell on this issue any longer.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."
Jia Yao gently rubbed his temples and said, "Would you like to sell the alcohol in your hand? I saw that your people were injured and used that stuff to clean the wounds..."
She is not yet clear about the specific effects of alcohol.
But it must be beneficial for the Northern Army to use that thing to clean wounds.
She also hoped to exchange some alcohol to help clean the wounds of their injured warriors.
“Of course you can sell it!”
Yun Zheng smiled, and suddenly changed the subject, "But you may not be able to afford this price!"
Jia Yao: "You name a price! I'm ready to be slaughtered by you like a fat sheep!"
Yun Zheng raised a finger, "One ounce of gold for one pound of alcohol!"
How much more?
Jia Yao stared with eyes wide open stupidly.
One ounce of gold for one pound of alcohol?
She knew that Yun Zheng would ask for a high price, but she didn't expect him to be so cruel.
This is more than just treating her like a fat sheep to be slaughtered!
This was literally slitting her wrist and sucking her blood!
"Husband!"
Jia Yao used her usual trick and said in a coquettish voice: "We are a family, can't you give me a discount?"
Listening to Jia Yao's coquettish voice, Yun Zheng couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body.
She's obviously a shrew, why is she pretending to be a lady?
Return family?
Be careful, I will awaken the soul of the anchor and specifically trick your family members!
Yun Zheng secretly complained in his heart, and said calmly: "Okay, put away your tricks! I'll be generous and give you half a pound of alcohol first. You can use it to give to your wounded soldiers, and then decide whether to buy it! You should be glad that you and I are husband and wife. If someone else comes to buy it, I will definitely let him exchange a pound of gold for a pound of alcohol!"
Suddenly, Yun Zheng found another way to make money.
I feel like selling alcohol is more profitable than selling wine!
"All right!"
Jia Yao stopped bargaining.
If alcohol is really helpful for the wounded soldiers, she will have to pay for it.
It seems that I have to ask Guifang for more benefits later!
"Okay, I need to rest now. If you don't have anything else to do, please leave first!"
Yun Zheng directly issued an order to expel the guests.
Since Jiayao can't sleep with me, why keep her here?
"You and I are husband and wife after all, why are you so anxious to get rid of me?"
Jia Yao raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Why, are you afraid that if you stay with me for too long, you will fall in love with me?"
“That’s about it!”
Yun Zheng frowned, "If I really strip you naked here, you will be the one who will be humiliated!"
Seeing that Yun Zheng was obviously unhappy, Jia Yao stopped.
"I have one last question."
Jia Yao took the initiative to bring the topic back on track.
"What's the problem?"
Yun Zheng asked lazily.
Jia Yao stared at Yun Zheng with burning eyes, "Why don't you use the weapon you use to break through Qiuchi's Tianqiong Pass? You should know better than me that if you break through Tianqiong Pass earlier, you won't have to fight so hard in the Suole River Plain."
Depend on!
This woman actually began to doubt this?
She really makes me worry!
"Why should I destroy the Sky Pass?"
Yun Zheng remained calm, "I destroyed the Tianqiong Pass, and you sent people to help me rebuild it?"
"Just because of this?" Jia Yao was skeptical.
"You suspect that I don't have that thing in my hand, right?"
Yun Zheng looked at Jia Yao with a half-smile, "When the ice on the Baishui River is thick enough, I plan to use that thing to open up the mountain, widen the Langya Pass, and build a bridge over there to shorten our supply distance. Do you want to bring someone to watch?"
Jia Yao paused for a moment and gave an awkward smile, "We'll talk about it later..."
"So I say, you are just not honest."
Yun Zheng still shook his head. "To put it bluntly, even if I don't have that thing in my hand, as long as Bei Huan dares to make a move, I will still beat you into a pulp! Destroying your Bei Huan won't be much more difficult than destroying the Gui Fang!"
Did she think that without gunpowder, she couldn't destroy Beihuan?
Where does this confidence come from?
Could it be that after fighting two battles with Gui Fang, she started to become inflated?
"You said I have paranoia, don't you?"
Jia Yao snorted, "I'm just a little confused, just asking casually, it's not as complicated as you think."
…
The next morning, Yun Zheng took his men away.
They rode at full speed for four days and finally arrived at Tianqiong Pass.
Yun Zheng had no time to rest, and immediately called Zuo Ren, who was guarding Tianqiong Pass, to inquire about the situation.
"Is there any news from the Imperial City?"
This is Yun Zheng’s biggest concern at the moment.
"have!"
Zuo Ren nodded, "Didn't your Highness meet the messenger on the way here?"
"I must have missed it on the way."
Yun Zheng answered casually, and then urged: "Tell me quickly, what news did the Imperial City send?"
Zuo Ren did not dare to neglect it and said quickly: "The tribes in the western desert sent 500,000 troops to invade the northwest..."
"Five hundred thousand?"
Yun Zheng was somewhat shocked, "Do the tribes in Moxi have so many troops?"
"have!"
Zuo Ren's face was full of seriousness. "According to the news from the Imperial City, the tribes in western Mo have dispatched a large number of slave soldiers. More than half of their 500,000 troops are slave soldiers..."
"Is that so?"
Yun Zheng suddenly realized, "Go on!"
Zuo Ren took the order and continued to tell Yun Zheng the news he had received.
On the one hand, the tribes in the western part of the desert pretended to attack Liaozhou and started negotiations with Dagan's negotiation team. On the other hand, they colluded with Guo Si, a powerful official in Jiaolu, a vassal state of Dagan.
Guo Si raised an army to rebel, killed King Jiaolu, proclaimed himself king, and pledged allegiance to the various tribes in western Mo. He directly opened up the Jiaolu border and invited the wolf into the house.
Now, most of Jiaolu has fallen.
Zhao Lie, the prince of Jiaolu, fled to the six counties east of Jiaolu, where he recruited troops to suppress the rebellion and asked Dagan for help.
Dagan urgently dispatched 50,000 troops and asked the other two vassal states in the south, Yunan and Nanzhao, to send 20,000 troops each to help Zhao Lie suppress the rebellion and prevent the Moxi tribes from attacking the southwest of Dagan.
After talking about the tribes in western Moxi, Zuo Ren said with a gloomy look: "Your Highness, there is one more thing!"
"explain."
"Mr. Zhang has passed away..."
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