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

Zhenbeiguan.

Looking at the retreating Northern Barbarian Army, everyone on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief and shouted.

"The barbarians are retreating!"

"These cowards, we only made a few moves and they fled in panic."

There was constant cheering.

"Master Jiang, you are indeed very good at predicting things. You actually knew that the barbarians would attack in the next two days."

Yang Feng flattered again.

"What do you mean by predicting the future? I just asked about their food and fodder situation and knew they would not be able to hold back any longer."

Jiang Zuo was quite calm, with no trace of the excitement of victory on his face.

Now that the Northern Barbarian Army has finally withdrawn, peace has returned to Zhenbei Pass.

after one day.

The Northern Barbarian Army in the area near Zhenbei Pass had already withdrawn to the grassland.

"Sir, Igna has sent an envoy, saying he wants to negotiate with us again. Do you still reject him?"

Yang Feng came to report.

"No, this time, we accept his peace talks."

Jiang Zuo said.

Yang Feng was a little worried: "Sir, this Igna must just want to delay time, and there is absolutely no way he is willing to negotiate with us. Why don't we provide some more weapons to Di Zhen and Suo Lu, and let them eat up all of Igna's territory."

Jiang Zuo shook his head: "Even if Yige is not willing to negotiate, I still want to talk to you."

"why?"

"Mobei needs balance, and we can't have one person dominate. Now Igena is weak, and Di Zhen is getting stronger. I will use Igena to give Di Zhen a good beating."

After hearing this, Yang Feng suddenly realized it and nodded repeatedly: "Your Excellency is absolutely right. Now the envoy of Igna is under the city wall. Your Excellency, do you want to go and meet him?"

"Walk."

Jiang Zuo walked out.

At this time, the messenger sent by Igna was waiting under the city wall.

Jiang Zuogang had just come before him, and the envoy bowed respectfully: "Greetings, General Jiang."

This move is in stark contrast to the previous ones.

Could it be that Igna really wants to negotiate this time?

"Your Khan wants to negotiate with us?"

Jiang Zuo asked.

The envoy nodded and said, "That's right. Our Khan said that if we continue to fight like this, it will be disadvantageous to both sides. Why don't we negotiate for the time being and talk about it after this winter..."

Jiang Zuo had already guessed in his heart that Yige was too busy with Di Zhen and others to spare any time and could only negotiate with Jiang Zuo temporarily.

It's just a delaying tactic.

Jiang Zuo understood it very well, but he was still willing to talk to Yigena, so he turned around and asked, "I wonder what conditions your Khan has?"

"condition?"

The messenger was stunned, and after thinking for a while, he said, "There is no peace talk."

Now their Mobei Army is at a disadvantage, so how can they dare to make any conditions?

"really?"

Jiang Zuo obviously didn't believe it.

The messenger asked in return: "Do you have any conditions?"

"Of course there is."

Jiangzuo Road.

"Oh?"

The messenger's face changed.

Jiang Zuo said: "We not only want to negotiate with you, but also cooperate with you."

"Cooperation? What cooperation?"

The messenger didn't understand at all.

Jiang Zuo then told the messenger everything he had said to Di Zhen and Suo Lu.

"We are just doing business. We have no intention of fighting with you Mobei people. Go back and tell your Khan."

Jiang Zuo added.

The messenger pressed down his woolen hat, his eyes full of suspicion.

"Then I will convey your words to the Khan. If you have no other requests, I will leave first."

"Go ahead. If your Khan agrees, you can always send someone to discuss this with us in detail."

Jiang Zuo said again.

After the messenger left, he turned around and ordered, "Yang Feng, tell someone to call Di Zhen to Zhenbei Pass. I have something to talk to him about."

It was not until the afternoon that Di Zhen entered Zhenbei Pass with dozens of riders.

Di Zhen was in high spirits at the moment. Since he received assistance from Jiang Zuo, he was almost invincible on the grassland, and his territory had more than doubled in size.

"Is there something important that you want me to come here in person?"

Di Zhen's tone was already a little off.

"Right now, Anding County does not need to recruit laborers. Let's stop for now. I'll let you know when we need them."

Jiang Zuo said.

"Why do you suddenly stop wanting it?"

Di Zhen was puzzled. He had been making a lot of money by plundering slaves and selling them to Anding County. Now that he had stopped, his source of income was completely cut off.

"There are too many people on our side now. You know you keep sending people to our side. Now the city is overcrowded and the food rations are not enough."

"Then how can Ben Khan cooperate with you today?"

Di Zhen was quite displeased.

He could make money by finding stones for Jiang Zuo, but Di Zhen didn't have the patience of Suo Lu.

"Don't you have many stone mines in your territory on the grassland? You can also get a lot of rent by renting these mines to us."

Jiang Zuo said.

He has been coveting the resources of Mobei for a long time.

"Whatever mine it is, as long as you pay, you can rent it."

Di Zhen only cared about money, and then he said, "Since I'm here now, do you have the armor I asked you to prepare last time?"

Jiang Zuo asked in return: "What do you need so much armor for?"

This time, Jiang Zuo did not want to meet Di Zhen's request.

"Nonsense, that's naturally to deal with Igna and Solu."

At this time, Jiang Zuo advised: "Stop for now and don't attack Igna anymore."

Di Zhen frowned and said, "Why should I listen to you? The morale of our Haixi people is high now, and we will never stop fighting just like that."

Di Zhen has been winning battles repeatedly recently, so naturally he will not listen to Jiang Zuo's words.

"Oh? Then our Anding County will have to stop helping you and let you face the tribes of Mobei alone. How do you think?"

Although Jiang Zuo's expression was calm, there was an obvious threat in his words.

"Don't think that this Khan will be fine without you Yan people."

Di Zhen is quite arrogant.

Now the Haixi tribe he led was equipped with most of the stable weapons and armor, and their tribe had sufficient supplies. After many lootings of the Geer tribe, Di Zhen even had a lot of money.

"Let's see, if the entire Mobei grassland, plus our Anding Army, attack you together, can you withstand it? If you continue to fight like this, don't blame us for tearing our faces apart."

Jiang Zuo continued knocking.

Di Zhen was stunned.

If Di Zhen was facing only one Igna, he could still gain the advantage, but if there were enemies on all sides, the troops in the western part of the sea alone would obviously not be enough to deal with it.

"In two days, Zhenbei Pass will continue to hold the trade fair. You can send an envoy when the time comes. Don't worry, we will make a lot of money and will never forget you."

Jiang Zuo promised.

Now he and Igna are also preparing for peace talks. At this moment, almost all three forces on the Mobei grassland have reached a reconciliation with Jiang Zuo.

"we'll talk about it then."

With some dissatisfaction, Di Zhen jumped on his horse and left Zhenbei Pass.