I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"Di Zhen!"

Ignat shouted again.

But Di Zhen was so angry that he ignored him and pounced on Suolu like a tiger.

At this time, leaders of other tribes hurried forward and controlled the angry Di Zhen.

Suolu also retreated repeatedly, not wanting to have a conflict with Di Zhen.

"I, Di Zhen, will never let you go, Solu!"

Di Zhen said angrily.

"Then let's see who dies first!"

Solu also got angry immediately. He originally wanted to negotiate with Di Zhen, but now it seems that there is no need for this at all.

Igna sighed. He had thought that the two of them might be able to reconcile, but now the conflict had deepened. He quickly changed the subject and asked Solu, "Tomorrow, our tribes will gather their elite troops and march south together to plunder supplies. What do you think of the Karen tribe?"

Solu shook his head decisively and said, "We in the Karen tribe have suffered heavy casualties recently and need to rest and recuperate. I will not accompany you any more."

The Karen tribe under his command is just a small tribe with a small population. The supplies exchanged with Jiangzuo in the past few days are almost enough for his tribe to survive this cold winter.

In this way, Solu would naturally not go on adventures like other leaders.

What's more, the elite warriors in his hands are to be used to guard against sneak attacks from the west of Di Zhenhai.

"I've already told you that this bastard Solu has already defected to the Yan thief."

Di Zhen continued to curse.

"But didn't you, Di Zhen, also do business with the Yan people?"

Others questioned.

In their eyes, Di Zhen and Suolu are of the same kind, both traitors who sold out Mobei for profit.

If it weren't for Igna asking them to put aside their grudges, perhaps these tribal leaders would have already united to annex the territories of Solu and Dizhen.

"Okay, stop arguing. No matter what, we can't afford to make any mistakes this time we go south."

Ignatius looked solemn.

"It's not that I don't trust you. Ever since you, Yigan, became the leader of the alliance, we have not won a single battle against the Yan army."

Di Zhen is now quite dissatisfied with Yigena and feels very unconvinced.

Hearing this, Ignat's face suddenly darkened and he asked, "What do you mean? If you don't want to join, then leave now."

"I will not serve you any more."

After Di Zhen finished speaking, he turned and left.

Seeing Di Zhen leave, Suolu also frowned and said to Yigan, "The Khan is leaving first."

The atmosphere in the tent was quite tense.

"So this time, do we still need to go south?" someone asked.

"No matter what, we must go south to Pingcheng!"

……

Pingcheng.

Pingcheng is located south of Daizhou, 200 miles away from the grassland border.

The person in charge of guarding Pingcheng was the Ninth Prince Chen Xiu.

The Ninth Prince is only over thirty years old, but he commands 10,000 Daizhou soldiers.

"Your Highness, the spies reported that at least 30,000 northern barbarians have crossed the mountains and are heading towards Pingcheng."

The subordinate reports this.

"so much?"

Chen Xiu frowned and counted the soldiers and horses he had at the moment, and there were less than ten thousand of them.

"Why didn't the Six Towns Army inform us in advance?"

The Ninth Prince was quite confused.

The appearance of more than 30,000 enemies should have attracted the attention of the Six Garrison Army, right?

Now this group of enemies has directly reached the vicinity of Pingcheng, which is really giving the Ninth Prince a headache.

The Ninth Prince Chen Xiu was also a powerful vassal king on the border in the past, but since Chen Qingyun seized power, he has hidden his edge.

Four years ago, the Ninth Prince Chen Xiu took the initiative to request the reduction of his fiefdom in order to protect himself. He merged all of his 20,000-plus troops into the Six Garrisons Army, leaving only less than 9,000 people under his personal command.

Such an action naturally gained Chen Qingyun's trust.

Although the Ninth Prince is not on the front line now, his fiefdom is often attacked by a small number of northern barbarians, but usually only a few thousand in number. It is really difficult for his troops to deal with the more than 30,000 enemy troops.

"Quickly ask for help from the Six Towns Army."

As the Ninth Prince spoke, he counted his troops and prepared to go out for the battle.

When the Ninth Prince's army arrived twenty miles outside Pingcheng, the villages and county towns in the area had already been plundered by the northern barbarians.

After searching for a while, the Ninth Prince's troops encountered a Northern Barbarian Army of several thousand people.

Soon, the Ninth Prince led the troops and killed the group of northern barbarians who came south to plunder.

After several hours of fierce fighting, the Ninth Prince's army finally repelled this Northern Barbarian Army and killed thousands of people.

Soon, reinforcements from the Six Garrisons Army arrived and continued to encircle and suppress the Mobei barbarians together with the Ninth Prince.

The battle died down at dusk.

Looking at the corpses strewn across the suburbs, the Ninth Prince had a solemn expression.

The subordinates were cleaning up the battlefield, and soon someone noticed something strange: "Your Majesty, these seem to be the armor of our Yan army. How come the Mobei people have so many?"

The Ninth Prince was puzzled and hurried over to check it out.

Sure enough, the armor worn by these Mobei people was completely made by the State of Yan, and was almost the same as that worn by the Six Garrison Army, except for the change of logo.

"Why do the northern barbarians have the armor of the Yan army?"

The Ninth Prince was also extremely surprised.

"Could it be that it was taken from the bodies of the Yan army soldiers who died in battle?"

The subordinate guessed.

"Impossible. I heard that the Six Towns Army has never been defeated in these years. Even if they lose, they can recover these armors and they will never fall into the hands of the Northern Barbarians."

The Ninth Prince said this, and then fell into deep thought.

The importance of this armor is self-evident.

The northern barbarians have always had backward iron casting technology, and it is impossible for them to produce so many pieces of armor.

After much thought, Chen Xiu came to a terrible conclusion.

"Could it be that someone in the Great Yan Kingdom deliberately smuggled these armors to the Northern Barbarians?"

This speculation is terrifying.

This will inevitably involve a large number of forces.

Especially the Six Towns Army!

"This is a matter of great importance and must be reported to the Emperor!"

Chen Xiu was shocked and hurried back to write a secret letter and ordered someone to send it back to the capital overnight.

Two days later, the secret letter arrived in the capital.

However, since Empress Chen Qingyun was in Anding County at the time, the secret letter did not reach Chen Qingyun until three days later.

In the wing room of the county magistrate's mansion.

"The Northern Barbarian Army has a large amount of Yan Army armor?"

Chen Qingyun held his forehead with his hand, his brows full of displeasure.

"Three thousand?"

This number made Chen Qingyun feel uneasy.

Why did the armor of the Yan army fall into the hands of the Northern Barbarian Army? Of course, someone sold it to them!

"Jiang Zuo, ah Jiang Zuo, look at what you have done!"

Chen Qingyun sighed helplessly.

This man in Jiang Zuo smuggled armor, which is a capital crime!

This guy didn't seem to realize what mistake he had made before.

Even though Chen Qingyun admired Jiang Zuo very much and had some special feelings for him, this matter now concerned the life and death of the entire Great Yan Kingdom. If it was not stopped, it would become a serious problem in the future.

Thinking of this, Chen Qingyun put away the secret letters and walked out.

The moment she opened the door, she saw Jiang Zuo by the fish pond.