Princess Leyang trotted all the way back to her room, her heart still pounding at this time.
She secretly cursed in her heart that this damn King Yan actually molested her with words, how abominable!
But when she thought of those magical tactics that Yan King Zhao Bin just said, she felt an inexplicable fondness for this person in her heart.
A prince who is not ugly, knows such powerful tactics, can make such magical things as telescopes, and is willing to help the Xianbei people provide weapons and armor, although he only does this for his own Yancheng , but overall I feel like this person is pretty good.
Thinking about it, a smile appeared on Princess Leyang's face.
After Le Yang left, Zhao Bin stood alone in front of the window. The moonlight shined into the house through the open window and shone on Zhao Bin's face.
Zhao Bin murmured to himself: "If the world wasn't like this, I wouldn't want to be like this. Leyang, don't blame me!"
Because he chatted with Princess Leyang too late last night, Zhao Bin got up late today.
When Zhao Bin washed up and came to the front hall, Cao Li was already waiting here.
"My subordinates have met the prince!" Cao Li bowed and saluted.
"Master Cao? What's going on so early?" Zhao Bin asked lightly.
"Back to the prince, the first batch of bricks and stones has been put in place, and construction of the smelter can begin. I'm here to ask the prince if you want to attend the foundation laying ceremony!" Cao Li said slowly.
Zhao Bin was a little surprised when he heard that the first batch of bricks and stones had been arrived. He thought it would take a month to finish firing the bricks and preparing sand and gravel, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.
Cao Li explained: "The enthusiasm of the people is relatively high, and the newly expanded brick kilns are also relatively well manned. They are all working in shifts to rush production!"
"I understand, the summer harvest will be here in a while, and the people will definitely be busy with the summer harvest, so just hurry up and get started.
I won’t go to the foundation laying ceremony. Just send someone to keep an eye on it. You can’t cut corners. You must ensure that the smelting plant is stable and durable, and wages must be paid to the people on time! "
Zhao Bin ordered word for word.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know the importance of this!" Cao Li replied.
Zhao Bin looked at Cao Li's tired appearance, and then added: "Starting from June, officials' salaries will be increased by 10%. It may be very hard for everyone during this period."
When Cao Li heard that his salary was going to be increased again, he felt happy: "I would like to thank the prince on behalf of the officials at all levels!"
"If there is nothing else, I will resign first!"
"Well, go get busy!"
On the grassland, a dozen people in tattered clothes were struggling to move forward.
These people were a group of Jie soldiers who had escaped the search of the Xianbei people, and Shile, the Jie Khan, was also among the fleeing troops.
After entering the Yanshan Mountains, these people groped their way along the mountains. Due to the rugged and difficult mountain roads, the journey was very difficult.
After traveling for more than ten days, we arrived at the edge of the mountain range. At the edge of the mountain range, we found that Xianbei cavalry was always searching back and forth at the foot of the mountain.
Now that the Jie tribe has no war horses, it is definitely impossible to escape the pursuit of these Xianbei people on two legs.
As a last resort, they hid in the mountains for several more days. It was not until the Xianbei people left completely that they came out of the mountains and forests and marched towards the grasslands.
There were dozens of people who originally fled into the mountains and forests with Shi Le, but when they walked out of the mountains, only a dozen people were left, and dozens of gnawed bones were left in the mountains and forests.
After stumbling on the grassland for ten days, the group finally found the territory of a Jie tribe and finally got out of trouble.
Just two days after Shi Le and others found the Jie tribe, Utanjida also led a remnant army of more than a hundred people to find this place.
Utanjida knelt heavily in front of Shi Le.
"Get up, Utanjida. This failure is the responsibility of Ben Khan. No wonder you. It was Ben Khan who was too persistent in attacking Xiguan and did not take your suggestions."
Shi Le slowly lifted Utanjida up and continued: "How are Sudarte, Chilemu and Tugodami? Is there any news about them?"
Utanjida slowly stood up from the ground and said with a choked voice: "Our troops were scattered, leader Sudartie has been killed in the battle, and Chilemu and Tugodami have also lost contact."
After hearing Utanjida's words, Shi Le was momentarily unsteady and took two steps back slightly.
Upon seeing this, Utanjida hurriedly stepped forward to support Shi Le.
"Sweat profusely..."
Shi Le stood up again with Utanjida's help. He waved his hand to ask Utanjida to let go of him.
"I'm fine."
"These despicable Xianbei people, I will kill them all to avenge our Jie tribe warriors." Shi Le said angrily.
"Great Khan, we have suffered huge losses this time. Our first priority now is to return to the Royal Court, stabilize the situation in the Royal Court, and then gather the troops to eliminate these hateful Xianbei people in one fell swoop." Utanjida suggested.
Although Shi Le was very angry now, he knew that what Utanjida said was right.
If the tribes in the royal court know the news that the 100,000-strong army has been destroyed, it is very likely that there will be a tragedy of re-fighting for the throne of Khan, so he must return to the Jie clan royal court.
After resting for a day, Shi Le led five hundred Jie clan cavalry towards the Jie clan royal court.
Five days later, Shi Le returned to the Jie clan's royal court. Fortunately, the royal court did not know the news of Shi Le's defeat at this time, and there was no commotion.
Shi Le, who returned to the royal court, immediately sent out all the messengers and notified all the tribal leaders to come to the royal court to hold a meeting of all clan leaders.
At the conference, Shi Le announced the failure of the Battle of Xiguan, but at the same time, he also announced that he would recruit 200,000 troops next spring to attack the Xianbei tribe on a large scale and completely eliminate the Xianbei tribe.
Originally, Shi Le wanted to summon troops to attack the Xianbei people immediately, but at Utanjida's suggestion, Shi Le finally disagreed and did not agree to attack the Xianbei people next spring.
At this time, the grassland is the season with the most abundant water and grass in the whole year. The Jie people have to graze on a large scale during this season to make their cattle and sheep grow quickly, so as to provide sufficient food and grass for next year's expedition.
Moreover, after experiencing a new defeat, the morale of the tribe will be damaged and it will not be suitable for another expedition.
After careful consideration, Shi Le finally adopted Utangida's suggestion.
In order to be able to fight next year's war well, Shile asked the tribal leaders to make all preparations within this six months, especially weapons and food.
As time goes by, a bigger war gradually begins, and the wheels of the war start turning non-stop from this moment on.
