Zhang Hu's arrival surprised Jia Cong.
What surprised him even more was that Amin actually sent his cronies over.
When Amin sent someone over, he must have something to ask for, and it was not a trivial matter. Otherwise, he would have asked the fleet to carry the message.
It seems that there is really something important, otherwise, Zhang Hu would not come back in person.
It has been almost a year since I left Liaodong, and there has been no war in Liaodong. Could it be that there will be another war in Liaodong, which has been calm for nearly two years?
"Get up, why are you two here together?"
Jia Cong sat down on the chair and motioned for the two of them to sit down too.
He raised his head and said to Li Biao: "Go to the door and watch, don't let anyone get close."
Li Biao nodded, turned around and went to the door.
Zhang Hu said: "General, there is news from Erbeile that Hong Tai is going to start a war again, and has also sent assassins to come to the capital to assassinate the general. The subordinates feel that the matter is serious, and Erbeile has something to ask the general, so the subordinates will come together came back."
As expected, Hong Tai couldn't stand it anymore.
After nearly two years of recuperation, coupled with the fact that he left Liaodong, he regained his confidence.
"Hong Tai and I have a grudge against killing my father, brother, and taking away my wife. It's normal for him to hate me. He sent people to kill me. This doesn't surprise me. A wave of people were sent to assassinate me years ago. As for me, he was killed on the spot, but it seemed he still didn't want to give up.
Is this war against me a big deal? Or to the Khalkha steppe? Do you have a specific plan to send troops? "
Zhang Hu said: "General, let Gu Qi tell you the details. He knows more details."
Jia Cong nodded and looked at Gu Qi.
"How are you, Mr. Beile, doing lately? I asked you to come all the way here just for something like this, right? Let's talk about it together."
Gu Qi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Lord Ning Guo, for remembering me. Our Lord Beile has been doing well recently. When he came, he told me to send my greetings to Lord Ning Guo on my behalf."
Jia Cong smiled and said, "You, Mr. Beile, are thoughtful. Please convey your gratitude to me when you get back."
Gu Qi nodded in agreement, and then slowly revealed the purpose of coming here.
"Since Ning Guogong left Liaodong, the Great Khan got the news and wanted to start a war again. However, after successive battles, all the tribes suffered heavy losses and were not replenished. They were unwilling to send troops, so he had to give up in the end.
After resting for more than a year, the Great Khan once again proposed sending troops and promised that 70% of the spoils of the war would belong to him personally, and he only had to hand over 30%, so no one would object.
The first two battles failed, and no benefits were gained. The tribe could not be replenished. Everyone wanted to use this to plunder and restore the strength of the tribe. The target of this attack was Da Chu, and the Great Khan was preparing to conquer Shenyang in one fell swoop. "
Shenyang City has high walls and thick walls. The last time we fought for three or four months, we couldn't defeat it. How could Hong Tai have such confidence this time?
He has been to Shenyang himself, stayed there for several months, and has some understanding of Shenyang's defense. As long as Shenyang cannot hold out, it will be difficult for Hong Tai to defeat it.
Jia Cong said: "Are you sure we want to send troops to Shenyang? It's not easy to defeat Shenyang."
Gu Qi nodded and said: "The attack on Shenyang is correct, it has been decided. When the villain comes, preparations for the expedition have already begun.
The Great Khan also deeply hated Ning Guo Gong, and this time he sent two groups of assassins specifically to deal with Ning Guo Gong. When our Lord Beile got the news, he was afraid that Ning Guo Gong would suffer, so he asked Xiao Xiao to rush to report the news. "
After saying that, he stood up, took a package from beside him, put it in front of Jia Cong, and opened it with his own hands.
"This is a gift prepared by our Lord Beile for Duke Ning Guo, a thousand-year-old ginseng tree, five hundred-year-old ginseng trees, twelve top-quality East Pearls, and a personal letter from Lord Beile to Duke Ning Guo."
As the package was opened layer by layer, six ginseng trees were revealed.
The largest one weighed about a pound, so it was definitely a thousand-year-old ginseng.
It is said that seven taels of ginseng and eight taels of ginseng are treasures. When ginseng reaches the age of a thousand years, it has become a treasure ginseng and a treasure medicine.
This kind of precious ginseng is something that can only be encountered but cannot be sought. Naturally, the more the merrier.
Now that the medicinal bath is still effective for me, I have not taken Dali Pills. I will start taking Dali Pills again when the medicinal bath has no effect.
First take ordinary Dali Pills, and then use century-old ginseng and century-old Polygonum multiflorum to refine some stronger Dali Pills.
If the effect is good, try using Millennium Ginseng and Millennium Polygonum multiflorum to make some powerful pills.
Over the years, Jia Cong has been purchasing high-aged Polygonum multiflorum from all over the country through caravans and the Xue family's trading firm, and has collected a lot. As long as he is willing to spend money, there are more Polygonum multiflorum in this era than ginseng.
This Amin is quite generous. He must have put a lot of effort into getting the thousand-year-old ginseng, but he is really thoughtful.
There is a small box next to it, which contains twelve quail egg-sized pearls, emitting a hazy light, which are the unique eastern pearls of Liaodong.
Pearls of this size are extremely rare.
What's even more rare is that each piece is round, flawless, and shrouded in a hazy light. It can be called a rare treasure.
Jia Cong was very satisfied with Amin's gift. Regardless of whether it was for his own benefit or not, it was really rare to be so considerate.
"Master Beile, please go back and tell him that I like his gift very much."
Gu Qi said with a smile: "It's fine if Ning Guogong likes it. We Lord Beile got these things only after spending a lot of effort and visiting the leaders of several large tribes near Changbai Mountain and the leaders of the Ula tribe. "
Jia Cong nodded. Thousand-year-old ginseng is only available to leaders of large tribes near Changbai Mountain.
This kind of good stuff usually doesn't leak out.
This top-quality Dongzhu should have been obtained from the leader of the Ula tribe.
The Wula tribe lives in the Songhua River Basin, and most of the Dongzhu tribe flows from the Wula tribe.
Jia Cong picked up the letter and checked the seal. Seeing that it was intact, he opened the envelope, took out the letter, and read it carefully.
Looking at it, Jia Cong not only frowned slightly.
There was a lot of content in the letter, which lasted four or five pages.
The general content is that Hong Tai is preparing to raise troops in April this year to take Shenyang in one fell swoop. Amin wants to use this war to kill Hong Tai and replace him.
I hope Jia Cong can help him, kill Hong Tai, and let Hong Tai die on the battlefield.
In this way, Amin has nothing to do with this matter, will not cause internal division, and can smoothly take over the entire barbarian tribe and ascend to the position of Great Khan.
Hong Tai's brothers are all dead, and only a few younger ones are still alive.
These people are either too young or powerless and have no ability to compete with Amin for the position of Great Khan.
If Hong Tai really dies, then Amin has an 80-90% chance of becoming the Great Khan of the barbarians.
The letter also said that Hong Tai had sent two groups of personnel to the Shenjing City of Da Chu. The target was Jia Cong, and asked Jia Cong to be more vigilant and careful.
He also said that he might deal with Jia Cong through bribed officials from the DPRK and China, asking him to pay more attention.
Jia Cong smiled bitterly in his heart, Hong Tai regarded himself as an sworn enemy.
Finally, he wrote that he knew that he was not free now and might not be able to help him. If that was the case, he hoped to send him a batch of thunderbolts and send someone to deal with Hong Tai himself.
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The letter repeatedly promised that even if he ascended to the position of Great Khan, he would continue to maintain an ally relationship with Jia Cong and hoped that both parties would continue to cooperate.
No wonder you gave yourself such an expensive gift. This is a courtesy to others, and you must ask for something.
Compared with Hong Tai, it is more in Jia Cong's interests for Amin to ascend to power.
At least the two of them have no grudges and have a cooperative relationship with each other, so there will be no life-or-death situations.
Unlike Hong Tai now, who regards himself as an unyielding enemy and tries every possible means to kill him, no, he has sent people to deal with him again.
The enmity between him and Hongtai's family was too deep, and he offended him too much.
He has become Hong Tai's dream demon. If he doesn't kill himself, Hong Tai will feel uneasy.
There is already an endless feud between the two. Only when one party falls can the hatred be completely eliminated.
In this case, we can only send Hong Tai away.
If he were in Liaodong, it would be really easy to help Amin kill Hong Tai, but he had already returned to Shenjing City, so it was a bit beyond his reach.
This matter still needs to be carefully considered and figured out how to do it.
He put the letter away, looked up at Gu Qi, and asked, "Master Beile, have you asked me to send you another message?"
Gu Qi shook his head and said, "There is no need to reply to Ning Guogong. Mr. Beile asked me to give the letter to Ning Guogong, saying that Ning Guogong will understand after reading it."
Jia Cong said: "I understand. You have had a hard time traveling all the way. Go down and have a good rest. Let me think about it again and give you Lord Beile an answer."
Gu Qi cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I will obey Duke Ning Guo's instructions in everything."
Jia Cong shouted outside the door: "Li Biao, take Gu Qi down, arrange a secluded place for him, and entertain him well. He is a guest, so don't neglect him."
Li Biao pushed the door open, agreed, and went down with Gu Qi.
Watching the two people go out, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Hu.
He was originally a guard trained by himself, but unexpectedly, he has now become a leader on the grassland, which is also the fate of this boy.
There is also Wang Shun, who was just a horse bandit leader at the beginning. If he hadn't been short of manpower at that time, spared his life and incorporated him, he would have been a pile of loess by now.
And that boy, Borchi, was quick to see the opportunity and took refuge in him first, which is why he achieved his current status.
These people have all made themselves successful, making them masters and masters of the Khalkha prairie.
They are still loyal to themselves now, but I wonder if in a few years, more than ten years, or even decades later, they will be out of their control and turn against each other?
After all, they were too far apart, and with their status, they couldn't leave the capital easily, and couldn't appear in front of them often.
Over time, his influence gradually weakened.
These people chose to follow them because of their strength. When their power becomes stronger and stronger, they will inevitably have other ideas.
This superior power is the easiest for people to change. Who wants to have an extra emperor in charge of their head?
Not only them, but also the Water Monkeys who are entrenched overseas.
As time goes by and the power becomes stronger, it is inevitable that thoughts that should not arise will arise.
The sea is your own escape route, and there is no room for failure.
Only then did Wangcai be sent to take over all the logistics on the island, which was regarded as a separation of military and political affairs.
You Wangcai often watched them on the island, and the contact was not broken. In addition, Water Monkey and the others all went out on their own village, and their family members were also on the village, so it was not a big problem.
However, we can't take it lightly. We should send more people over there.
The leadership on the island is composed of ten special forces members headed by Water Monkey, all of whom came from Zhuangzi, which is good or bad at all.
The advantage is that they can unite and fight against the outside world, but the disadvantage is that once they rebel, they will be taken away in a wave.
This time when I returned to Beijing, in addition to the 200 soldiers I brought back ostensibly, there were another 200 people who followed the caravan back to Zhuangzi in the name of caravan guard.
These two hundred people belong to the mobile force and can be called on at any time.
They were all from Heishan Village in Liaodong, and they had followed him in the war for three years.
These people give up the opportunity of arranging positions for them and are willing to follow you back and stay by your side. They are absolutely loyal, brave and reliable, and worthy of your trust.
These people are actually their own soldiers, and their combat prowess is equally strong.
Sending a hundred people to the island and forming a Marine Corps there to take charge of the island's defense would be a sure thing.
"Sir, you have been sitting there thinking about what was written in the letter for a long time."
Qingwen's words brought Jia Cong back to reality.
He raised his head and smiled: "You all know about Amin. He wants to use this war to let us help him kill Hong Tai and replace him. This was also one of the conditions for me to convince him to cooperate with us.
If we were still staying in Liaodong, there would be no problem with this matter, but we didn't expect that we would return to the capital so soon, and it would not be so easy to kill Hong Tai. "
Qingwen said: "Master, if there is another war in Liaodong, will I still go to the battlefield?"
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "If we don't go to the battlefield in the future, it's up to us. I am now an official of the imperial court. Everything must be subject to your Majesty's will. If your Majesty lets you go, we will go. If your Majesty doesn't let us go, we will go." We just stay at home.
The chance of going to the battlefield again should be small. Although I am not old, my contribution is not small. If I make great contributions again, I will only be crowned king. Neither His Majesty nor the civil and military officials of the court are willing to see this result. "
Zhang Hu said: "General, since you can't take action, let your subordinates do this for the general."
Jia Cong said: "Tell me your thoughts and plans."
Zhang Hu smiled awkwardly and said: "General, I don't have any plans now. I can only talk about it when the time comes."
Jia Cong said: "Let this matter go for now, and I will think about it again. What is the situation on the grassland now? It has been almost a year since I left Liaodong. Do Wang Shun and Borchi have any other thoughts?"
