readytorunbook Chapter 318 Everyone Wants to Talk
Chapter 318 Everyone Wants to Talk
The barbarian Khan wanted to negotiate, and at the same time he asked people to investigate who had ambushed his cavalry.
Even if they wanted to ambush, it wouldn't be possible to do it so quietly.
After all, there were 20,000 cavalrymen, and not a single one of them escaped. It was simply incredible.
If we don't figure this out, we will never be able to break through the two wings of Hushan Pass safely.
Otherwise, if he is attacked again next time, his army will be destroyed again. How many soldiers will he have left?
The barbarian Khan sent Aturu to negotiate in person with the Wu Kingdom.
Ning Yi had to give up blocking them, but he prevented them from entering Hushan Pass on the grounds that Hushan Pass was a military stronghold.
To prevent them from running in to investigate, where should they go?
This is easy, there are many passes nearby for them to pass through.
The nearby paths are difficult for large armies to pass, but are still easy for small troops.
Aturu didn't care about this. He led his team through the customs in a fair and honest manner and went directly to the capital.
At the same time, Ning Yi immediately sent someone to write letters to the Prime Minister and Yang Long, insisting that the barbarians must be prevented from negotiating peace with their Wu Kingdom at all costs.
As long as there is no peace talks, Ning Yi can guarantee that he will give them a brand new world within next year at the latest.
This stunned the Prime Minister and Yang Long, who had received the letter in advance.
The barbarians are coming to negotiate?
They haven't received the news yet, so logically, this should be a good thing.
Neither the Prime Minister nor the Minister of War wanted to fight anymore.
After all, if the war continues, the Wu Kingdom will really have no soldiers left.
Even the entire management suffered serious damage.
But the Sixth Prince actually wanted to continue fighting.
Could it be that the Sixth Prince has become addicted to staying in Hushan Pass?
He followed a group of captives all day long, collected a bunch of worn-out clothes everywhere, and had no food to eat.
Is the Sixth Prince still willing to continue living like this?
Isn’t the Sixth Prince worried at all that after Hushan Pass is breached, the barbarians will really be at the gates of the city?
None of them could figure it out.
For this reason, he became the prime minister who had the only option but to follow the Sixth Prince.
He had no choice but to personally send his most trusted confidant to Hushan Pass to meet with Ning Yi.
Ning Yi didn't waste any words and just said to the prime minister's confidant: "With this prince here, the barbarians will not be able to break through Hushan Pass. This prince will also be able to ascend the throne next year."
The confidant looked at him strangely, but he said nothing and went back quickly.
Ning Yi couldn't possibly write a letter to tell someone such a thing. If the old emperor knew about it, that would be disastrous.
The prime minister in the capital city could not sleep all night after hearing what his confidant said.
He couldn't understand what confidence the Sixth Prince had to say such words.
But now, everyone can see that Hushan Pass is about to be broken and will be breached at any time.
Even if Hushan Pass is defended after the Chinese New Year, what will you rely on to fight for the throne?
Do you really think that the old emperor or old boss sitting on the dragon throne is so easy to deal with?
One year later, no matter how great your military achievements are, the commanders of the various armies in Hushan Pass are still the emperor's men.
Do you count on the captured troops?
Also, the prime minister knew that the old emperor had been continuously transporting supplies to the south.
The southern provinces have already reorganized their new armies, and only tens of thousands of them have been trained.
This army was organized using the autumn grain and taxes from several provinces.
That’s not all. The old emperor also sent a lot of money and food to the northwest.
It is said that in the northwest, many military families wanted their children to become officials.
Everyone was constantly recruiting able-bodied men. The more people you recruited, the higher your official position would be.
The speed of Nara's team was quite terrifying.
Of course, the old emperor also sent some money and grain.
The rest were all solved by the locals themselves.
Moreover, the northwestern border troops are all very obedient to the emperor, and so many military families there have been receiving the emperor's favor for many years.
In addition, tens of thousands of elite troops can be mobilized from the northwest at any time to support the capital.
The old emperor only needs to take a breath, he can immediately reorganize more than 200,000 combat-ready soldiers.
There are also many people inside Hushan Pass who are still loyal to the old emperor.
No matter how the Prime Minister looked at it, he didn't think the Sixth Prince had a chance of winning.
He was even more worried that the Sixth Prince would be like the Fourth Prince who had no brains at all.
He just acted recklessly and ended up dying in the throne room.
But the Prime Minister also knew that he could only support the Sixth Prince at the moment.
Otherwise, since he offended the second prince, he would be the first one to be dealt with when the second prince ascends the throne.
The prime minister thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to take a gamble.
No matter what, the Sixth Prince's actions were all carefully planned. Although he seemed reckless on the surface, he was actually quite shrewd inside.
If this is the case, it is not impossible for it to really succeed.
Of course, it all depends on what the Sixth Prince does next.
The Prime Minister is the second most important person in the Great Wu Kingdom, and most of the court listens to him.
If the Prime Minister does not want to negotiate, there are ways to stop it.
After receiving Ning Yi's letter, Yang Long was also confused.
He was even angry and wanted to ask the Sixth Prince, do you still have a conscience? Your wife is still in the palace, don’t you feel distressed or worried at all?
But as the Minister of War, he didn't want to continue fighting.
It would be fine if we won, as the Minister of War I would have something to explain.
But if he lost the battle, he, as the Minister of War, would be very guilty.
But Yang Long was afraid of offending the ruthless Sixth Prince.
Finally, we decided to observe and see what these barbarian envoys wanted.
Only Emperor Wu was happy when he heard that the barbarian envoys had arrived.
He has been living a miserable life in the capital lately.
The last time a hundred thousand barbarian troops were about to attack the capital, he had already prepared to escape.
He no longer wanted to continue living in fear like this.
Now Emperor Wu only wants to negotiate peace with the barbarians as soon as possible and give himself a chance to breathe.
He needs to reorganize his court and army, otherwise he can't use anything except the 20,000 imperial guards.
The 5,000 imperial guards who went south never came back. They were only prepared to support him as he went south.
Emperor Wu believed that if he was given time.
He had enough ability to quickly use various means to immediately reorganize hundreds of thousands of combat-ready soldiers across the country.
Let’s see which vassal king dares to make a fuss then?
The barbarian envoys entered the capital, and no one stopped them on the way.
After all, in such a big war, if you intercept them rashly, it will really make the old emperor furious.
This time, Arturu originally came here to negotiate.
He thought that he would not fight against the barbarians and the Wu Kingdom first, but would first stabilize the areas he occupied.
Logically speaking, he should be the weak one.
After all, they couldn't break through Hushan Pass, and they also needed to keep an eye on the Sixth Prince at Hushan Pass to make sure he could launch a sneak attack on them at any time.
But in the court, Atulu, with his white beard, said in a high voice: "Your Majesty, our Khan sent foreign ministers this time because he did not want to see more casualties, so he decided to negotiate peace with the Wu Kingdom."
"Of course, the Wu Kingdom must show sufficient sincerity. If so, we barbarians will cease our fighting. Otherwise, the Khan's 400,000-strong army will break through the Hushan Pass, where we are short of food and clothing, and lay at the gates of our city at any time."