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

Imperial City.

Empress Chen Qingyun was anxiously waiting for a reply from the north. Nearly half a month had passed since the Northern Barbarian Army besieged Zhenbei Pass.

The reply letter finally arrived at the imperial study.

It was written by Yan Kang, and Chen Qingyun quickly opened it and took a look.

"Jiangzuo doesn't need the assistance of the Six Towns Army?"

Is he crazy?

Chen Qingyun was almost dying of anxiety.

Why is this guy Jiang Zuo still so conceited!

Without reinforcements, will Jiangzuo be trapped in Zhenbei Pass and wait for the people of Mobei to evacuate on their own?

Now the entire situation in the northern border seems to be in a stalemate.

Half a month later, the Six Garrison Army still failed to recapture the five cities.

The entire Zhenbei Pass is still under siege by the northern barbarians.

Without reinforcements, Zhenbei Pass might just die.

Chen Qingyun's face was filled with anger and anxiety.

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Zhenbeiguan.

The Northern Barbarian Army has besieged this pass for eleven days.

There was no direct conflict between the two sides, and at this moment, there was an atmosphere of uneasiness in the armies of both sides.

Igna stood in the distance, looking at the city ahead.

Half a month had passed, and the food and fodder of the defenders inside must have been exhausted.

"Khan, the gates are open."

It was the soldier who shouted.

From afar, the gate of Zhenbei Pass was indeed open.

"They are about to break out!"

Igna was overjoyed.

After being besieged for many days, he was waiting for this moment.

If it comes to field battles on the grassland, the Mobei Army will definitely have the upper hand.

But to the surprise of this group of Mobei people, only one man rode a horse and galloped towards the Mobei army's position.

Then, it stopped not far away.

"Do you want to negotiate?"

Ignat was puzzled.

All I heard was that man shouting loudly: "My fellow Mobei brothers, there is plenty of food and money inside Zhenbei Pass. No matter how long you besiege us, we have sufficient food and grass. Don't waste your time. As long as you surrender to us, we will reward you with a lot of gold and silver. Why bother working for that big man?"

"This……"

Ignat was stunned.

"There's plenty of food in the city?"

At this time, the man said again: "I am a soldier from Mobei. I am living a comfortable life now. I have wine and meat every day. I don't have to worry about being hungry. There are tens of thousands of us Mobei people in Zhenbei Pass now. Everyone has already surrendered to the Yan army. We are living a comfortable life."

This psychological attack immediately made the Mobei soldiers outside the city feel uneasy.

They have been besieging this small town for half a month. The food in the city has not been exhausted. On the contrary, their siege troops outside the city need to consume a large amount of food every day. Although they have received assistance from some people and are not short of food for the time being, they may not be able to besiege the Yan army in the dead city if this continues.

People die for money and birds die for food. These northern barbarian troops do not have a fixed salary, and the money they get is basically obtained by plundering in wars.

Now most of them have not broken their fast for half a month.

The man shouted again: "Our Lord Jiang said that if you are willing to give up your weapons and surrender in the city, we can forgive you for what happened. We will reward you with fifty taels each, as well as endless wine and meat. I hope you will consider it carefully."

After hearing this, a strange atmosphere suddenly filled the Mobei Army.

“Is it really that good?”

Some people have already begun to waver.

"Kill him!"

Ignat was furious.

But the other party did not give him this opportunity. After saying these words, he immediately turned his horse around and returned to Zhenbei Pass.

"Don't believe this man's lies. This is definitely Jiang Zuo's trick. Continue the siege! Our food and fodder have arrived!"

Igna continued to encourage.

"There are 100,000 people in this small town, and they definitely don't have enough food and fodder!"

Before this, Igna had already sent people to investigate secretly.

The food in Zhenbei Pass now can only support the army and civilians inside for half a month at most.

As long as they are besieged for a few more days, chaos will surely break out in the city, and that will be a good opportunity for the Mobei army to capture the city.

"In this city, there are grains, salt, tea, silk, and your favorite gold and silver!"

"Once we capture the entire city, we will have an inexhaustible supply of supplies! Each soldier will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver. We will have three days to search!"

These twenty taels of silver are indeed a huge sum of money for the people in Mobei.

As he was speaking, he suddenly saw something falling from the sky.

The catapult at Zhenbei Pass actually threw a large bag of things towards the position of the Mobei Army outside the city.

When I opened it, I saw bags of flour and rice.

There was actually a line of big words written on these sacks.

"Considering your lack of food and fodder, this is a gift from our Lord Jiang to you."

There is still so much food in the city!

Looking at those bags of grain, the people of Mobei were all dumbfounded.

Didn't they say they were running out of food in the city? What was this?

Iger's face was full of frown.

There are 100,000 people in the city, and they still have surplus food?

"What does this smell like?"

Everyone was puzzled and came forward, only to smell a pungent odor.

“It’s shit!”

Someone reacted quickly.

He actually buried manure under the grain and threw it out with a catapult.

humiliation!

Total humiliation!

Before they could react, dozens of bags of food fell from the sky and landed on the position in front of the Mobei Army.

"Impossible! We have clearly surrounded the city tightly, how come there is still so much food in the city!"

Ignat scratched his head but couldn't figure out the reason.

midnight.

A convoy was heading north.

These carriages were loaded with large amounts of food and fodder, as well as some necessary survival supplies.

These supplies are prepared to reinforce Zhenbei Pass.

But when the convoy was two miles away from Zhenbei Pass, it stopped.

From afar, you can see the campfire of the Mobei army ahead, and even the faces of the northern barbarians clearly.

When we arrived at a small hill and pushed aside the grass, we found an iron gate.

"signal."

All I heard was someone asking in a low voice behind the secret door.

"The king of heaven overshadows the tigers of earth."

As soon as the darkness came out, the tunnel door slowly opened.

This tunnel is not narrow and can accommodate a wheelbarrow.

The soil in Mobei is soft and easy to dig.

This tunnel is not deep and was dug day and night by hundreds of miners in Anding County. The same tunnel was dug using the central well drilling method, and multiple vertical shafts were dug in the middle and construction started simultaneously.

After more than ten days, the entire tunnel was finally completed, and then all the vertical shafts were sealed with iron nets and cement.

Looking from the outside, you would have no idea that there is such a tunnel underneath.

Some of the Mobei Army's tents were even stationed above the tunnels, so even if the Anding Army's transport team passed by, they would not be able to detect any movement.

If this continues, Zhenbei Pass will never be short of food and fodder.

The Mobei Army outside the city was completely unaware of this situation.