Chapter 1016: Raising the Price
But Zhao Ling was unwilling to give up!
They planned a battle, but ended up not getting any benefit at all, and now they still have to pay so much silver. Could it be that King Zhao's army really cannot defeat the new army in northern Hubei?
The outside world now calls the gunpowder troops in northern Hubei the "Northern Hubei New Army."
Just when Zhao Ling was carefully considering whether to confront the Hubei Northern Army head-on, Ling Yun had already made a gesture to the Hubei Northern Army.
The next moment, the Hubei Northern Army turned right in unison, loaded their guns, aimed at the small mound not far away and fired a round of shots.
The overwhelming roar of explosions rang out, and King Zhao's army was thrown into disarray without any preparation and fled in panic.
"Don't run! Don't move! All of you stand still!" A general of King Zhao's army reacted and immediately yelled at his subordinates in frustration.
It's shameful, so shameful! If you don't know, you would think that all the Zhao Wang army are a bunch of cowards!
The Zhao Wang Army was well-known throughout the Great Jin Dynasty, and many people were proud to join it. However, the chaotic scene at this moment made Zhao Ling, the prince of Zhao, wish he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Because just after they regained their footing, everyone subconsciously raised their eyes to look at the Hubei Northern Army. This look left the Zhao Wang Army speechless.
After the Hubei Northern Army on the opposite side fired a shot, everyone stood at attention, standing straight, looking at them quietly.
Comparing the two, no matter how confident Zhao Ling was in King Zhao's army before, he was now worried.
Putting aside the opponent's gunpowder weapons, based on the current momentum and military discipline of the two armies, does the Zhao Wang army really have a chance of winning against the Hubei North Army?
"Prince, can we hand it over now?" Chen Chen suddenly spoke.
Zhao Ling's body stiffened, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
It's not that he doesn't want to hand it over, but they simply don't have that much money prepared!
Who would have thought that the Hubei Northern Army was so treacherous and brought so many people to escort this batch of supplies, as if they were guarding against them.
Well, they do want to default on their debts, but they don't want to be on guard.
Zhao Ling opened his mouth, wanting to say something to delay the situation, in case his father heard about the noise and sent troops to support him.
Before he could think more, Ling Yun suddenly spoke lazily, "Come on, they have no intention of doing business with us, so what are you waiting for? Just kidnap them all!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Hubei Northern Army took action.
That speed didn't give Zhao Ling and the others any chance to resist!
A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Ling looked at Ling Yun and Shen Chen standing in front of him and asked stupidly, "Mr. Shen, what do you mean?"
It wasn't Shen Shen who replied, because Shen Shen was also a little confused at the moment. He hadn't told anyone about this before he came out!
Ling Yun looked at Zhao Ling with a half-smile and said, "I'm not happy and want to raise the price."
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly tore off the jade pendant from Zhao Ling's body and threw it to the soldier behind him, "Go, tell King Zhao that if he wants his son to return safely, he must pay twice the amount of silver for the supplies."
Hehe, the master certainly didn't expect him to be so smart. With the prince of Zhao in hand, he was afraid that the king of Zhao would not give him the silver.
An hour later, the news reached King Zhao.
King Zhao looked at the person who came to deliver the letter, his eyes filled with shock and anger.
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" He wanted to ask whether this was Sheng Ze's idea.
The messenger answered honestly, "I'm sorry, Your Highness. I'm just a messenger. I only know that Master Yun asked me to deliver a letter. I don't know anything else."
This man was also a talent, but his eyes were full of ignorance and confusion, which made King Zhao so angry that he had no place to vent and could only wave his hand to let him go.
"Father, do we really have to spend twice as much silver to save my eldest brother?" Zhao Bing looked at King Zhao with embarrassment.
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