"Your Majesty, it has been four months."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yugan frowned and slammed the dragon table. "Four months! There has been no movement for four whole months. Is Pei Yun planning to disobey the order?"
Cao Rui knelt on the ground, cold sweat oozing from his forehead. "Your Majesty, calm down. I heard that Lord Pei is building a border trade market. He probably wants to borrow troops from the Nanman after the trade starts."
"Border trade?" Xiao Yu laughed coldly, stood up and paced back and forth in the imperial study. "I asked him to borrow troops to quell the rebellion, but he has the time to do business?!"
Cao Rui didn't dare to say anything. He was a little worried for Pei Yun. He had already told him clearly that the matter could not be delayed, but he didn't expect Pei Yun to ignore his words.
I wanted to say something good about Pei Yun, but I didn't know how to say it.
"emperor."
At this moment, the voice of the imperial guards came from outside.
"There is an urgent military report from Yizhou!"
"Show it up."
The commander of the imperial guards came in with a letter in his hand. Xiao Yugan snatched it away, opened it and took a quick look. When he saw the contents clearly, his pupils suddenly shrank.
“Dead!”
He sat back on the dragon throne and read the letter again with mixed feelings. Although he hated the rebellious Xiao Cheng, he was his own son after all.
Now that he died suddenly, Xiao Yugan felt a sense of loss again.
To be honest, he still prefers Xiao Cheng, who is more like him back then, ambitious, courageous, and capable.
It was for this reason that he was appointed prince in the remote Yizhou, but no one expected that he would eventually rebel.
He sighed and placed the letter on the table.
He said, "Send an order to order Zhou Su to immediately gather his troops and march north. The food and fodder will be provided by the prefectures along the way. Tell them that if they can stop Beiliang, I will forgive them for following Xiao Cheng in the rebellion."
"Your Majesty is wise."
Eunuch Cao spoke up immediately and said that although the Yizhou army had rebelled, their numbers were too large to be dealt with, so it was a good opportunity to let them fight to the death with Northern Liang.
Once trade is established with the Southern Barbarians, there will no longer be a need for so many border troops for defense. This will not only weaken the military strength of Yizhou, but also resolve the dilemma of Northern Liang's southward advance, killing two birds with one stone.
"Also, Cao Rui, go to Ruifeng County again. Xiao Cheng's death is related to Pei Yun. Give him what I promised him before."
"As you wish."
Eunuch Cao was delighted because he could go to Ruifeng County to ask Pei Yun for perfume again.
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