Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

Tang Tianyou looked at the four army commanders and said:

"War horses are indeed very important. Without them, we will suffer great losses in the battles within the borders of Beishang!"

The First Army Commander Fan Jingtao said respectfully:

"Your Majesty! All problems can be solved as long as we capture Kangding City."

"Around Kangding City, there are endless green grass and blue waters, and the war horses bred there are of excellent quality."

Hongxuan certainly knew that Kangding City had a good geographical location.

The city of Kangding was originally an important strategic location that he had to capture.

"This king knows the importance of Kangding City."

at this time,

Qilin Guard came in from outside the hall and saluted respectfully to King Zhenbei.

"Your Majesty! The envoys from the Northern Shang Kingdom want to see you!"

The four army commanders in the hall were stunned when they heard the news, and then they were delighted.

The Beishang Kingdom's envoys must have come to negotiate peace. If they want to talk, then they will definitely have to pay a price to make the King of Zhenbei withdraw his troops.

Hong Xuan raised his lips and looked at Qilin and said:

"Go tell the Beishang Kingdom's envoys that if they want peace, they should not come to my Zhenbei King, but to the capital of Dafeng Kingdom!"

"Also! If you want to seek peace, you must pay a sufficient price. Qilin Guards, please convey these two words of mine to the envoys of the Northern Shang Kingdom."

The Second Legion Commander bowed and said:

"Your Highness, are you really not going to meet the envoys from the Northern Shang Kingdom? Who knows, if they ask for peace, we can get some war horses!"

Hongxuan shook his head and said:

"The Northern Shang Kingdom can offer women, cattle and sheep as tribute when seeking peace, but they will never offer war horses. Their national master is not stupid. If our crossbow army is equipped with enough cavalry, it will be even more powerful!"

When the four military commanders heard Hongxuan say this, they felt that there was really no need to meet the envoys from the Northern Shang Kingdom.

Our own prince beheaded 180,000 cavalrymen from the Northern Shang Kingdom. This kind of hatred cannot be resolved at all.

Right now, the person that Beishang Kingdom fears the most is Zhenbei King Hongxuan. How could they possibly send war horses over? Regardless of the conditions, it is just a delaying tactic.

Hongxuan didn't even meet the delegation and sent them back directly.

In fact, this time the delegation came to meet the King of Zhenbei

The gifts offered in exchange for peace were beautiful women, jewelry, gold, silver, cattle and sheep.

Among them, these gorgeous and beautiful women are all trained assassins who are skilled in poisoning and witchcraft.

Before meeting King Zhenben, the delegation issued a death order that the mission must be completed.

When Qilin Guards saw the envoys again, they only said one sentence to them:

"If you want to seek peace, go directly to the capital of Dafeng Kingdom!"

The head of the delegation suppressed the urge to run away, even though Yun Yi, the state teacher of Beishang State, had issued a death order.

But the death soldiers will not make meaningless sacrifices. They will complete their mission only after they see the target. But now they haven’t even seen the target, so their death would be a stupid death.

The Beishang Kingdom's envoys had no choice but to leave.

From this detail, the envoys could feel that the Northern Shang State Master was no match for the Northern Zhen Wang of the Great Feng State.

The peace delegation from the Northern Shang Kingdom has just left.

The Qilin Guards came to the hall again.

King Hongxuan saw the Qilin Guard coming in again, his eyes fixed and he said coldly:

"Why, these envoys from the Northern Business Kingdom don't want to leave? If so, just kill them!"

Qilin Guard said respectfully:

"Your Highness, it's not that the Beishang Kingdom's envoys are unwilling to leave, but rather that there is an urgent message from the Kyoto Imperial Palace that has arrived eight hundred miles away, and the Jinyiwei envoy is asking for an audience right outside the main hall."

"Our own personal guard, let him in directly!"

Jinyiwei envoy Wu Yongtang came directly to the hall and said respectfully to the King of Zhenbei:

"King of Zhenbei! I am here to convey your majesty's will!"

"There's a war report from Southern Xinjiang. General De Nianzhi has been poisoned. The eldest prince Hong Li is unable to preside over the military and political affairs in Yunzhou.

The situation in Yunzhou is extremely critical. I hope the King of Zhenbei can send troops to support Southern Xinjiang and wipe out the rebels and bandits!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned.

King Zhenbei frowned slightly:

"Send troops to support Southern Xinjiang! This!"

"My king is in a tight spot! We have annihilated 180,000 cavalrymen from the Northern Shang Kingdom. Now is the time for our army to be strong. It is a good opportunity to capture the important town of Kangding in one fell swoop!"

Of course, Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan was unwilling to divide his troops. His troops were originally calculated by group, and there were a total of four groups of troops, all of which were complete organizations. How to divide them?

"General De Nianzhi has been poisoned. The situation is really bad!"

"But this is also the time for Nanjiang King Hongli to make great achievements. I believe that Nanjiang King can handle military and political affairs well and will not make my father worry!"

"The Northern Frontier has its own affairs, and the Southern Frontier has its own affairs. As the King of Zhenbei, I cannot forcibly interfere in the affairs of the Southern Frontier. If I interfere, what will happen to my eldest brother Hongli?"

What Hongxuan said made sense, and his four army commanders nodded.

His own prince hadn't completely resolved the affairs of the northern border, so why did he directly interfere in the affairs of the southern border? Wouldn't this intensify the conflicts between the princes?

There is absolutely no way Hongxuan could accept this.

This approach is a real slap in the face of Hongli.

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan would never ask for trouble.

"The Imperial Guards will go back and report to my father, and tell him that I have very important matters to deal with at the northern border."

"Since the land of Southern Xinjiang is under the jurisdiction of Southern Xinjiang King Hongli, as the seventh brother, I naturally cannot interfere with the political jurisdiction of my eldest brother!"

Faced with Hongxuan's direct refusal, the Jinyi Guard could actually understand it, and he said respectfully.

"I have understood what the prince meant! I will definitely bring the words of the Zhenbei King to His Majesty!"

Hongxuan looked at Qilin Wei and said:

"Reward the Jinyiwei Envoy with one thousand taels of gold!"

The eyes of the Jinyi Guard who was kneeling on one knee lit up after hearing this. He thought that after all the hard work in the past few days, he had finally picked up a good job.

"Thank you, King Zhenbei, for your reward! I will organize my words carefully and report King Zhenben's complete intentions to Your Majesty!"

"Yes! Thank you, Jinyiwei."

Jinyiwei envoy Wu Yongtang, after receiving the 1,000 taels of gold reward from Zhenbei King Hongxuan, left Baidi City at full speed and headed back to the capital of Dafeng State.

But he had just walked for two days.

Jinyiwei envoy Wu Yongtang met Jinyiwei commander Zhou Changzhi head-on.

He was extremely shocked and surprised. He was originally heading back to the capital, but he did not expect that before he was sent back to the capital after an express delivery of 800 miles, he met the leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard on the way.

"Commander, has something serious happened?"

"Let's go to Baidi City again with this commander!"

They rode at full speed and arrived at Baili City again.

Hong Xuan was in the hall, originally going back to the Northern Territory Zhenbei Palace.

Suddenly I heard,

From the capital, Emperor Dingwen sent another urgent message eight hundred miles away.

Commander Zhou Changzhi brought Jinyiwei envoy Wu Yongtang to the main hall of Baidi City.

When Zhou Changzhi saw the King of Zhenbei, his face was serious and ugly. He knelt on one knee and said respectfully:

"King of Zhenbei! I am here on His Majesty's orders to deliver the dire news from Southern Xinjiang."