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

Fifty miles from Anding County.

Outside a small village, dozens of northern barbarians holding scimitars were riding their horses and galloping towards the village.

This group of people was originally a small force escorting the envoys of the Geer tribe southward, but adhering to the principle of since they were already here, they chose to plunder in Yan State before returning to the grassland.

When the northern barbarians entered the village, every dog ​​passing by had to be stabbed.

"Kill them all for me, no one can be left alive, take all their stuff!"

A rough voice shouted.

The group of Mobei cavalry swarmed into the village like locusts.

Dozens of fast horses galloped back and forth in the village. After a while, someone shouted, "There's no one here!"

The whole village was dead silent, without a single living person to be seen.

"Search carefully, they may all be hiding."

Someone else ordered.

After searching for half an hour, I couldn't find anything useful.

"Go to the next place!"

These dozens of cavalrymen came and went like the wind, and soon turned their spears to another place.

But no matter how hard they searched, there was not a single person to be found in any of the villages along the border.

"Where did all these Yan people go?"

It’s really strange, could it be that the Yan people had anticipated their arrival?

This group of northern barbarians had to return to the Gul tribe camp empty-handed.

Igna was frowning at the moment, looking at his territory being gradually eroded on the ground, and his heart was becoming more and more angry.

At this time, the envoys returned to the tent and reported to Yigena: "Khan, Jiangzuo rejected our peace talks."

"It seems that he is looking for a fight."

Igna was not surprised.

His Geer tribe had never achieved any victory against the troops of Jiangzuo, so it was no wonder that Jiangzuo did not take him seriously.

"You didn't bring anything back from your trip south this time?"

Ignatius looked solemn.

"Khan, the Yan people seem to have known our whereabouts in advance. There is no one in that area, let alone supplies..."

The subordinates looked embarrassed.

Igna remained silent, thinking about countermeasures.

Wherever they could reach, the people and supplies had already been evacuated. They also had difficulty conquering the wealthy cities of Yan.

If this continues, many people will surely starve to death before the cold winter.

"What's the current situation of the Yan thief's trade port?"

Igna asked again.

The subordinate replied, "It's not much different from before, except that there are many more people doing corvée labor. I'm afraid they are all the people from Mobei that were robbed by Jiangzuo."

"hateful!"

Igna gritted his teeth.

Ever since Jiang Zuo instigated the civil strife in Mobei, the population of Mobei has been lost in large numbers. If this continues, I'm afraid the entire Mobei will be wiped out!

"Idiot Di Zhen still refuses to stop fighting?"

Ignat cursed again.

These days, Di Zhen was the most crazy one. He couldn't help but stab the knife at the Geer tribe where Igena was. He even annexed many small tribes. Now the situation continues like this, I am afraid that Di Zhen's power will become the first in Mobei in the future.

Igna would naturally not let this happen.

"Tell Di Zhen that if he invades the territory of the Geer tribe again, I will gather other tribes to destroy him together!"

Ignat made some harsh remarks.

"Great Khan, there are only seven tribes left that are willing to follow our Geer tribe. The Keqin tribe is almost wiped out by Di Zhen..."

The subordinate's voice gradually faded as he spoke.

"This Di Zhen didn't have this much strength at first, why did he suddenly become so powerful?"

Ignat didn't understand at all.

"The weapons in Di Zhen's hands are more powerful than those of other tribes."

"What weapon?"

"It seems to have been purchased from that Jiang Zuo."

After all, it turns out that Di Zhen was in collusion with the Yan people.

"Is it really that powerful? I will come and investigate it myself!"

Igna was feeling depressed at the moment. He stood up and left the tent, then led his men south.

Arriving at the border, Ige and his party stood on the distant hillside and could see the Yan people's trade port from afar.

The mountains of supplies made Igor quite envious.

The last time we raided this place, we were so focused on hunting down Jiang Zuo that we forgot to plunder supplies.

This time, Igna will definitely not return empty-handed.

There seemed to be a large number of workers building something near the port.

Looking at this group of Yan people carrying something unknown, Iger felt confused.

"Khan, they seem to be building city defenses."

The subordinate shouted.

Ignat was quite disdainful: "I don't believe they can fix it within this month."

Within this month, Igna will definitely gather his army again and destroy Jiangzuo in one fell swoop.

When it comes to field battles, the Mobei cavalry are not really afraid of the Jiangzuo.

After a few days, when they are off guard, Igna will launch another surprise attack.

"Their garrison strength is only a few thousand people."

Igna was quite confident.

"Immediately gather the other tribes that are willing to go south. This time, we, the tribes of Mobei, must take back what belongs to us."

Not only the tribes in Mobei, Igena had already received information from the East Tartars in the northeast, and they would attack from both sides.

……

Border trade port.

Jiang Zuo was looking at the convoy of people coming and going, and was thinking about returning to Anding County to relax.

At this time, Yang Feng came to Jiang Zuo with a few followers.

"Sir, according to the spies' report, the Geer tribe has begun to gather troops. I'm afraid they will invade the border of Yan State in a large scale within this month."

No matter when the Mobei people invade, Jiangzuo will not be surprised.

The only puzzling thing is that now that Mobei is in chaos, does Yigena still have the ability to unite the various tribes?

Nowadays, there is no shortage of Anding Army spies throughout the entire Mobei grassland.

"If he dares to come, he will never return."

Jiang Zuo is quite confident.

Even when they encountered a sneak attack from the Northern Barbarians before, their Anding Army was able to stabilize the front line, let alone now.

"My lord, this time seems to be different."

Yang Feng, however, looked worried.

"What's the difference?"

"The force of troops sent south by the Northern Barbarians this time seems to be the largest this year."

"Oh? They still have troops?"

Jiang Zuo was puzzled, wondering if Yige should leave some soldiers to guard against Di Zhen or other tribes?

The Geer tribe is very popular nowadays.

With ten taels of silver for each prisoner, most of the tribes in northern Mobei wanted to take advantage of the Geer tribe.

Igena still has the energy to deal with Jiang Zuo. He is really persistent.

Yang Feng added: "I heard that they have joined forces with the Eastern Tartars this time."

"Isn't the Eastern Tartar a vassal of the Yan State? How dare you rebel?"

Jiang Zuo frowned.

"These Eastern Tartars are warlike by nature and may be difficult to deal with. Sir, I suggest that we lead our troops back to Anding County first. Otherwise, if the Northern Barbarians launch a surprise attack, we will have difficulty dealing with it."

Yang Feng suggested.

"No, we will not retreat yet. We will fight the northern barbarians here. We must repair the entire city within ten days."

Jiang Zuo ordered.

He wanted to build a high wall here to keep the northern barbarians out of the border.

After saying that, he was about to return to Anding County.

These days, he has been waiting for letters from the capital.

I wonder if Siyue has returned to the capital...