On the walls of Yancheng, Zhao Bin, Wang Wu, Qin Fang and others looked at Tai Shihong's army heading towards Xiguan.
"Hehe, this old boy Tai Shihong is really loyal. He knows that many soldiers died in the war, so he came to replenish our troops." Zhao Bin said with a smile.
When Qin Fang heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep these 50,000 troops. These are the few troops the imperial court has."
"I know it's impossible to keep all of it, but it's okay to keep a part to make up for the losses in Xiguan." Zhao Bin replied lightly.
The reason why Xiguan's military report was sent out today is because Lu Biao made the final plan after communicating with Zhao Bin.
Zhao Bin asked Lu Biao to describe the war in Xiguan more bleakly, and added the possibility of a comeback by the Jie tribe's army, in order to allow the court to replenish some of its troops.
"Let's go back to the palace. Princess Leyang is still waiting in the palace." With that, Zhao Bin and Wang Wu walked down the city wall.
The cavalry of the Xianbei tribe went straight north, while Princess Leyang and Torogena led hundreds of followers to Yancheng.
When they first arrived in Yancheng, Zhao Bin welcomed them at the city gate, but Zhao Bin did not follow them back to the palace, but stayed to take a look at Tai Shihong's troops.
If these 50,000 troops were going to Xiguan, they would definitely have to pass through Yancheng. He was worried that there would be some trouble then, so he stayed uneasy.
Fortunately, Tai Shihong had no intention of entering Yancheng. He just sent someone to inform him, and then led the army to continue marching to Xiguan.
In Prince Yan's Mansion, Princess Leyang and several girls from the Prince's Mansion were already chatting heatedly. Several girls gathered around Princess Leyang to inquire about the Battle of Xiguan.
Several girls were horrified when they heard the cruel scenes on the battlefield. Women like them who grew up in the deep palace compound had never seen such a scene.
Tologna and Xiao Chu chatted about the battle.
After a while, a voice sounded in the courtyard: "Your Majesty, come back!"
Several people stopped talking when they heard the noise in the courtyard, and several women walked out of the front hall to greet Zhao Bin.
Zhao Bin waved his hand to indicate to the others that they did not have to do this.
Xing'er lifted the door curtain and let Zhao Bin enter the house. Princess Leyang and Torogena hurriedly stood up from their chairs when they saw Zhao Bin coming in.
As soon as Zhao Bin entered the door, he said: "I'm really sorry for keeping the princess and the leader of Toluo waiting for so long!"
"Your Majesty is serious! The war has just ended, so naturally there are many things to deal with." Princess Leyang replied.
Zhao Bin smiled and said: "Thanks to the help of Her Royal Highness the Princess and the leader of Toluo, I am really grateful!"
Torogna looked at the handsome young prince in front of him, and then thought about the hundred thousand arrows he had given as a gift before, and he felt grateful to King Yan in his heart.
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. It's an honor for us, Toluo, to join forces with you to fight against the Jie people.
Moreover, the prince previously gave the Tufa tribe 100,000 arrows to help us kill the sand wolf tribe. Tuluo also kept this in mind. "
Zhao Bin looked at Tologna and said with a smile: "As the leader of Toluo said, the Jie people are our common enemies, and only by joining forces can we fight against the Jie people's invasion.
I previously presented arrows to your tribe in the hope that your tribe can jointly resist the attack of the Jie tribe, but I didn’t expect that the leader of Toluo was so brave that he directly led his people to destroy the lair of the Sand Wolf tribe. It can be said that he is getting stronger with time."
Tologna is indeed not young. His eldest son has been killed in the battle. Needless to say, his youngest son is about the same age as Zhao Bin.
Hearing Zhao Bin's praise, Toluo couldn't help but smile happily and said: "Hahaha, the prince is overly complimentary."
Princess Leyang on the side also said proudly: "Every member of our Xianbei tribe is a warrior, including men, women, old and young."
Zhao Bin looked at the old woman in front of him and thought that the nomads were good at fighting. It was indeed good. This further strengthened Zhao Bin's next plan.
Zhao Bin waved his hand to let the other girls go down first, and Xing'er and the others exited the meeting room very wisely. Only Wang Wu and Xiao Chu were left in the room.
Zhao Bin said: "I have heard about the bravery of the Xianbei tribe and seen it with my own eyes.
However, our two tribes still lost a lot of soldiers in this war. If every soldier could have iron armor, I believe the number of casualties would be greatly reduced. "
When Zhao Bin said this, he looked at the expressions of the two of them carefully.
Princess Leyang and Tologna looked at each other, their eyes shining with longing for the armor, but at the same time there was a hint of helplessness.
Princess Leyang sighed and said helplessly: "Where can there be so many armors?"
Tologna also lowered his head and looked at the ground, silent.
Zhao Bin looked at the expressions of the two men, pondered for a moment and said, "I can help you build armor."
Leyang and the two were shocked when they heard this. They felt that they heard wrongly.
"Is the prince joking about Leyang?" Princess Leyang said with a curl of her eyes.
"Why did the princess say that?" Zhao Bin asked
"Your own defenders in Yancheng don't have iron armor, how can you help us make armor?" Le Yang asked.
Seeing this, Zhao Bin couldn't help but smile and said: "It was because I hadn't come before. Now that I'm here, my soldiers will definitely wear iron armor. It's just a matter of time."
Leyang said angrily: "When all your soldiers put on armor, they won't even know it's the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. How can we, the Xianbei tribe, dare to hope?"
"It won't be long. Within a year, all the soldiers in Yancheng will be able to wear iron armor." Zhao Bin said firmly.
"Bragging!" Princess Leyang said disdainfully.
"Hey! How can this be bragging! With Yancheng's smelting level, not to mention Yancheng's soldiers, even the tens of thousands of Xiguan soldiers, I can make them wear iron armor! Of course, as long as the raw material supply is sufficient. "
Princess Leyang and Tologna looked at each other without saying a word. They knew about King Yan's mining of iron ore in the Yanshan Mountains, and had even considered the idea of this iron mine.
However, they were worried about having a head-on conflict with Daxia and adding a powerful enemy to their tribe, so they finally gave up the idea of robbing the iron ore.
Previously, they sent troops to rescue the crisis in Yancheng, which was also a show of goodwill to Yancheng.
They hope to establish a better relationship with King Yan through this method, so that they can ask King Yan to purchase refined iron in the future.
Of course, regardless of whether this idea can be realized in the end, they will still be happy as long as they can fight against the Jie people.
Zhao Bin paused and continued: "You must have already known that I am mining iron ore in Yanshan. As long as you cooperate with me, I can provide you with fine iron armor."
Leyang looked at the young prince in front of him. He knew that everything Zhao Bin said was true. With Yancheng's technology, it seemed that it was not difficult to do this.
"How does the prince want to cooperate?" Princess Leyang asked calmly.
"It's very simple. You send people to help me mine iron ore, and I will help you make armor and weapons. After that, how about adding half of the armor?" Zhao Bin said.
"Seriously?" Tologna said excitedly.
"Absolutely take it seriously, and I can guarantee that the first batch of armors produced will be given priority to you."
Tuluo turned to Princess Leyang and asked tentatively: "Princess?"
"Can the prince really make so many armors?" Leyang asked still uncertainly.
"certainly!"
"Then how many people do you need to help you mine?"
"About ten thousand people." Zhao Bin replied.
"Okay, I promise you! I will report this matter to my father when I get back!"
Zhao Bin stood up from his seat and came to Princess Leyang. Leyang also stood up from his seat. She didn't know what Zhao Bin was going to do next.
"Do you remember what you said to me before you left last time?"
"What words?"
"You said that if one day, your Xianbei tribe is facing survival, you hope that I can take in your people."
"Yes, you promised me too," Leyang said hesitantly.
"Believe me, this day will never come, and your tribe will never die. We will become stronger together." Zhao Bin said firmly.
Princess Leyang stared blankly into Zhao Bin's eyes: "I believe you."
