Du Zhe is still dressed in plain cloth, looking no different from the old man fishing by the lake, put down the teacup at this moment, looked at the envoy of King Duan in front of him with sincere feelings, and said lightly: "We all know what your envoy said, thank King Duan for remembering us Huaibei so much, that is, your envoy came all the way to come over should not just convey King Duan's condolences, right?" ”

Although the tone is light, the eyes are so sharp that people have nowhere to hide.

The Duanwang envoy shook his head with a smile, "Naturally, it's not just that. ”

"Emperor Feng's behavior is really despicable, our Duanwang is willing to rescue the young son of King Beixin for Huaibei, which is guarded by the forbidden army in Kyoto, and it is the base camp of Emperor Feng, and if you want to rescue your son, you must pay a lot of price."

Princess Beixin's eyes lit up when she heard this, knowing that King Duan definitely had her own plans, but if she could save her child, even if it was a trap, she had no other choice now, and immediately asked without waiting for Du Zhe to speak, "What does King Duan want?" ”

Du Zhe only frowned slightly, but did not interrupt Princess Beixin.

"The princess is so straightforward, she won't sell it anymore."

Duanwang's envoy arched his hand again, looking very sincere, "It's not a secret, if we Duanwang have no idea about Huaibei, it is self-deception, but I dare to guarantee that even if I want Huaibei's military and material resources, Duanwang will not be as shameless as Emperor Feng, and he is directly making a fuss about the little prince." ”

Princess Beixin couldn't help wiping her tears again.

The envoy of King Duan continued: "In fact, when he came down to Huaibei, King Duan had already set out to rescue the little prince. Regardless of whether Huaibei is willing to cooperate with us this time, as long as the little prince can be rescued, he will send the princess back unharmed. This is also one of the sincerity of our Duanwang. ”

"When will King Duan send troops to Huguan?"

Du Zhe, who was listening, suddenly said.

Princess Beixin's eyes flashed, and she subconsciously pursed her lips, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes became more obvious, and she understood why King Duan sent someone to Huaibei in a hurry.

This time, it will be inevitable to send troops to Huguan.

The offensive will be more fierce than the last attack on Huguan.

Duanwang's envoy was silent for a moment, and still opened his mouth under Du Zhe's dark and gloomy eyes, "After the weather warms up in spring." ”

Du Zhe nodded, "Winter City is difficult to attack, and it is indeed a good time to wait until after the beginning of spring." And I heard that Emperor Feng has not delivered military supplies to Huguan for several months, in order to ensure the rations of the soldiers, Cui Yu and General Li have reclaimed the fertile land in Weicheng and other places. When the time comes, taking advantage of the busy spring, it is indeed a good time to surprise the troops to attack. ”

"It's ......"

Du Zhe glanced at the envoy of King Duan lightly, his face was pulled, and he said with a smile, "King Duan must use all his forces and have no room for such a move, and he is bound to take Kyoto and occupy the north, so that he can divide the Dongfeng Kingdom with Huainan first, and then slowly plot it." The idea is good, it's not impossible, it's just that there is a lack of enough military food and grass, right? ”

"I know that I can't hide it from you, Lord Du."

The envoy of King Duan did not deny it, and nodded: "We really need Huaibei's help. This matter is successful, King Duan must treat Huaibei well, although it is impossible to give half of Huaibei as Emperor Feng did before, but as long as the Yang family is sitting on the dragon chair, there will be the glory and wealth of the Chu family! ”

When he said this, Princess Beixin believed it even more.

Even Du Zhe didn't refute anything, just bowed his head slightly, "Of course the army can't give it to you, but if you have food, Huaibei can provide twenty percent." ”

"We want half."

Duanwang's envoy said directly.

Du Zhe smiled directly, "Hehe! In this way, I think it is better for your envoy to go back and forth directly. ”

"It's not that I'm insatiable, but if I pour troops out in the spring, Jizhou, Youzhou and other places don't have enough labor to participate in spring ploughing, and last year's drought in the north was followed by floods, and most of the grain was destroyed, which is indeed not enough to supply nearly one million troops." The envoy of King Duan shook his head and sighed as he spoke.

It is said that there are millions of troops, but in fact it is really a slogan to the outside world.

Only half of Duanwang's commands really have combat effectiveness, and his elite Jizhou army is only 300,000. The rest are mostly old and weak, and even if the number of displaced people is combined, it is less than 800,000.

However, it will not be difficult for these people to go all out to capture Huguan and then occupy Kyoto.

"Huaibei can provide forty percent of the grain, but the noble envoy can only take half of it away now, and the other half of the grain must wait until the little prince returns to Huaibei unharmed."

Du Zhe calculated the grain storage of several large granaries, although he had to give most of it to the Duan King, but for the situation that Emperor Feng wanted everything, Duan Wang just asked for food, which was not unacceptable.

The most important thing is that if King Duan is willing to pay a big price, he does have the ability to save Ziyan's child.

Chu Ziyan, who secretly followed his husband out of Huaibei, instantly became the object of everyone's attention.

After the carriage galloped out of the Huaibei territory, it continued to run north.

Chu Ziyan lifted the curtain and looked excitedly at the silver-covered barren forest outside the carriage, he was only ten years old, he had been well protected by Princess Beixin before, and he had never been out of Huaibei, so he naturally had no understanding of places outside Huaibei. At the moment, it really looks like the finches raised in the birdcage suddenly return to the unrestrained sky, and some are just happy.

"Sir, when will we get to Kyoto?"

The eyes of the middle-aged scribe who was reading the letter flashed, and he said comfortingly: "Son, don't worry, it's not far away." ”

Chu Ziyan was convinced, took the snow that slipped from the treetops, looked at it in front of him, then frowned and turned his palms over, pouted his lips meaninglessly, and muttered: "The snow outside Huaibei is no different, it is all white and icy, I thought there could be anything unusual?" ”

"The snow is falling from the sky, and there is no difference in the four corners of the world, so Childe does not need to be disappointed. Of course, if Childe wants a different kind of snow, when you arrive in Kyoto, according to Emperor Feng's attention to Childe, you must respond to your needs, and let the people of the world find special snow for Childe. ”

The middle-aged scribe looked at the barren forest with a leisurely gaze.

The heart said that this Chu family kid wants to go to Kyoto, but it will have to wait for a long time.

I just don't know if this kid from the Chu family still has his life at that time.

When the winter snow melted, the group of people from Huaibei entered Youzhou in a twist and turn, and the middle-aged scribe did not enter the city but asked his subordinates to supply supplies and then went directly to Jizhou.

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"Du Zhe dispatched a batch of grain and sent heavy troops to escort individuals to the north, could it be that Emperor Feng really captured the youngest son of King Beixin to threaten Huaibei?"

Jiang Liufeng couldn't stay idle in Sichuan City, so he directly brought Luo Nannan to Xiangcheng. A few days ago, he volunteered to touch Huaibei, and he really heard a lot of news.

"It's not Emperor Feng."

Bai Wulan shook his head, reaffirmed the guess in his heart, and smiled as if he was watching a good show, "That little prince of King Beixin is only afraid that he has been taken to King Duan's nest at this time. ”