Chapter 511: A Thousand Poisons Lock the City (I)
Although everyone was amused by Zhu Xiaobao's embarrassed expression. But then they all behaved very solemnly, because Lingyue Mountain was the foundation of all the small treasures, and it was also the foundation of those female warriors. Now that Lingyue Mountain is threatened, Zhu Xiaobao will definitely not be able to sit still!
Duanmuqi's letter was very detailed, and he even wrote three pages to explain the truth of the matter clearly.
It turned out that Zuowang Jialanga had obtained several counties and two ironstone mines from King Ming, but then his self-confidence had swelled. She actually led her men and horses to test the Great Khan of the royal court.
The royal court of the Western Turkic Kingdom is in the westernmost part of the country, and it has always been the most powerful and deterrent existence of the Western Turkic Kingdom, but in recent years, as the old khan has become older, the deterrent power of the royal court has gradually dissipated!
The Western Turkic Kingdom is composed of thousands of nomadic tribes, so the management is also very loose, these years are mainly the king of Zuo and the king of You, each of them is in charge of a stall, every year on time to pay tribute to the royal court, at the same time the day of tribute is also a big day for the monarch and ministers to discuss state affairs. It's been all these years!
But as the strength of King Zuo and King Yu grew, they both began to have their own ideas. They all want to settle in the royal court and become the new Great Khan! It's just that the strength of the royal court is very mysterious, and they don't dare to act rashly. But tentative moves had already begun, and last year they did not pay tribute on time, nor did they go to the royal court to meet the Great Khan.
But the royal court didn't say anything about their behavior, and it was silent! This made Zuo Wang Jialanga more and more sure that the royal court did not have very strong strength now.
Zuowang Jialanga wants to take advantage of joining forces with the eldest prince to seize the people first, control the royal court, and then make a move with King You! Because in terms of strength, King You's strength is much stronger than her!
Therefore, Zuowang Jialanga first made a temptation, she ordered several tribes under her control to move closer to the direction of the royal pavilion first, it seemed to be a normal nomadic life, but it was slowly approaching the periphery of the royal court.
However, these tribes of Jialanga have been tempted for a long time, and the royal court has not reacted, as if they were allowed to graze and station, even the people and horses who interfered did not appear! This temptation lasted for more than a year, and there was no response! And this year, Jialanga also did not pay tribute!
The people sent to the royal court to inquire about the news also reported one after another, the royal court was very calm, but the palace was heavily guarded. No one can know what's going on inside. And the old khan has not shown up for more than two years, and he has conveyed the holy will through the holy decree!
This made Zuowang Jialanga more and more convinced that the old khan was probably no longer good! She's not in any danger here this year. But in other places, there have indeed been a few battles with the men and horses of King Youwang Sandstorm, but to the frustration of King Zo Jialanga, she has won fewer and lost more. The people and horses of King Youwang Sandstorm are even stronger and more ferocious, and there are more tribes controlled by Youwang Sandstorm, and their strength is higher than her!
Therefore, King Jialanga decided to infiltrate in the direction of the royal court again, as long as it reaches a certain distance and range, then he can join forces with the great prince and strike a thunderous blow, even if he can't get on the throne at that time, he can control the old khan. At that time, he will be able to conquer King You's sandstorm in the name of the Western Turk Khan! In fact, it is equivalent to 'coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes'!
But to the surprise of King Jialanga, and then infiltrated to the west, the cattle, sheep and horses of those tribes began to die in large numbers, at first I thought it was a disease or someone poisoned, but in the next few months, it was still the case, as long as it exceeded a certain boundary, there would be a large number of deaths of cattle and sheep, but as long as there was no crossing the border, the cattle, sheep and horses of those tribes were fine!
This made Zuowang Jialanga very frightened, and in the past few months, he has lost millions of cattle and sheep, as well as 200,000 war horses, and more than 100,000 deaths. What's even more terrifying is that those dead cattle and sheep can't be used, and the fur on their bodies is also black and rotten, which has no use value at all, but has to dig a pit and bury it deeply.
The tribes that had suffered heavy losses also had a deep grudge against Jialanga, and two tribes went directly to the Youwang Sandstorm.
What I didn't expect was that just when I was in a hurry, Youwang Sandstorm led a million army to attack Zuowang Jialanga! His slogan was clear, that is, to defend the royal court and eradicate rebellion. This made Zuowang Jialanjia suddenly fall into passivity, and she became the target of everyone!
King Jialanga hurriedly asked the eldest prince for help. Fortunately, the eldest prince also sent 500,000 horses, but the two families still lost to King You's sandstorm. Because those people of the eldest prince don't want to work for King Jialanjia at all, they basically lose as soon as they fight, and run away as soon as they are defeated! Chinese bar
The final result is that King You's sandstorm forcibly occupied a lot of territory that originally belonged to King Zuo Jialanga, and those tribes have also surrendered one after another! These nomadic tribes are like this, once the land they rely on for survival is occupied, then they can only surrender and submit, otherwise it will be the consequence of being exterminated!
Zuowang Jialanga retreated to her hinterland in a very depraved manner, her current territory was suddenly reduced by two percent, and the tribes under her control were nearly half less than those of Youwang Sandstorm, which made Zuowang Jialanga very panicked. If King You continues to develop, it is very likely that he will forcibly seize the throne, and when the time comes, the first one to be cut off is her Jialanga!
At the critical moment, the eldest prince suddenly refused to send troops to help, on the grounds that the eldest prince wanted to deal with the Sixth Highness, in fact, at this time, the Sixth Highness had no time to fight with the Great Prince, he was integrating the families and people in King Wen's fiefdom, and he had to maintain the original prosperity, and he had to beware of King Ming, so it was impossible for His Royal Highness to take the initiative to send troops to the Great Prince! On the contrary, he has been currying favor with the eldest prince in order to gain time and integrate his fiefdom!
King Jialanga and the eldest prince met several times, but they all broke up unhappily, and in the end, the eldest prince forcibly took back the counties that were ceded to Jialanga. These counties were originally in the fiefdom of the Great Prince, and it was easy to take them back, and the residents here were all from the Great Xia Kingdom! If it weren't for the fear of the millions of horses behind King Jialanga, the eldest prince would have detained Jialanga!
Therefore, Zuowang Jialanga's heart is angry and anxious, and he is very panicked, don't look at his own hundreds of tribes now, which can gather millions of people and horses, but this kind of army is all based on tribes, and they are very fierce when they are in power, but once they are passive, then everyone is in danger, and the army's heart is turbulent!
Only now did Zuowang Jialanjia remember the warning of his half-sister Murong Feng, don't get too close to the eldest prince, and don't trust the eldest prince too much. I thought I could control this situation, but now it seems that I am still a little worse. The eldest prince seems rude, but he is also very scheming, at least there are capable people around him to give him advice!
In desperation, Zuowang Jialanga had no choice but to seek cooperation from King Ming. This situation is common in the struggle between various forces, and today's enemies may be tomorrow's friends.
King Ming was originally very passive, and now he can't ask for it. But after all, King Ming's situation is many times better than that of King Zuo Jialanga.
Therefore, King Ming also set very harsh conditions: first, return the two ironstone mines, and second, ask King Zuo Jialanga to marry his daughter to King Ming, to put it bluntly, as a hostage. The third is to let Zuowang Jialanga take Lingyue Mountain, so that they will have no worries, you must know that although Lingyue Mountain is not big, it is nailed to their rear, which makes both families very uncomfortable! After taking Lingyue Mountain, then both families have a more stable rear!
Originally, Lingyue Mountain was blocked by a desert and did not pose any threat to King Zuo, but now King Ming's fief is occupied by Jialanga, which allows the people and horses of Lingyue Mountain to easily avoid the desert through King Ming's territory, pass through Shahu City, and directly invade the Western Turkic Kingdom! At the same time, it can also directly attack the Ming King. It's just that Lingyue Mountain doesn't have the strength now, and it doesn't have this plan.
In the face of the three conditions of King Ming's expulsion, King Zuo Jialan's anger was like thunder, but in the end there was no way, or had to compromise, the first two are not a big problem, even if the iron and stone mine will not be returned now, but half of the iron and stone produced will be handed over to King Ming, which is not a big loss! Sending out a daughter is not a big problem for Jialanga, people like them are far more powerful than flesh and blood, after so many years of war, Jialanga alone has six children who died in battle! So she's very open to all of that! And she also thinks that it is natural for these children to make some sacrifices for their own great cause!
The most difficult thing to do is the third condition, Lingyue Mountain she has already fought once, the last time can be described as a big defeat, now I think about it is still shocking! Therefore, she repeatedly insisted that King Ming send troops together before she was willing to attack Lingyue Mountain.
King Ming has been proud of the spring breeze these days, Jialanga's daughter has been sent, and he has been picking up a gun and getting on the horse for three days in a row! Although Princess Ming is very depressed, she still lets him enjoy it, which is the best way to fight Jialanga!
It's just that after the felling, this daughter of Jialanga can be regarded as a princess, so she was placed under house arrest in the harem! In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a plaything of King Ming, and it is also a hostage! In fact, King Ming and Princess Ming also knew that this hostage actually didn't have much effect, and Jialanga wouldn't care about this daughter when it came to a critical time!
But to join forces to attack Lingyue Mountain, King Ming and Princess Ming were still very cautious and discussed it together......
"I think it's better not to go to war directly with Lingyue Mountain! I always feel that Zhu Xiaobao is an outlier, you don't see how vigorous he is in the Northern Zirui Country now, he has developed the Northern Zirui Kingdom, and he has also suppressed the Southern Zirui Kingdom! Princess Ming was holding a cigarette stick in her hand and was smoking.
Now the couple has fallen in love with this new popular pastime, although it has not yet been sold in the Ming King's fiefdom, but they have sent someone to buy it from elsewhere for a lot of money, and the couple's cigarette sticks are extravagant enough, they are all gold and jade, heavy and exquisite in the hand, absolutely pleasing to the eye......