Ancient paintings connect the present, I hoard goods to support the villain Wang

The Qianshuo envoy braved the night wind and returned to the Qianshuo military camp with a bottle of white wine sent by Wang Tiezhu and a letter from Xiao Jingyan to Wanyan Longmu.

In order to wait for them, Wanyan Longmu has been staying up until now without sleeping, and it is almost dawn.

"Little Prince, the envoy has returned."

Seeing the delegation return to the camp, the soldiers around Wanyan Longmu hurriedly reported to him.

Wanyan Longmu nodded, stood up, and patted his cheeks to cheer himself up.

Soon, the envoys and others entered his tent.

"Greetings to the little prince..."

"Stop bowing and tell me what's going on in Dayong."

Wanyan Longmu was so anxious that he didn't even wait for the envoy to finish his greetings and asked him to tell him about the situation on Xiao's army's side.

"Your Highness, our mountain just exploded. It was them who did it. They used something called a dynamite pack. Just one pack blew our mountain to pieces!"

"Just now, I obtained permission from their General Wang to visit their arsenal. There were several boxes of similar explosives and gunpowder inside."

"They also said that they have plenty of these things in Dayong and can ship them over from other places at any time."

The envoy seemed to be in a hurry and said these words without even taking a breath.

He spoke quickly and Wanyan Longmu didn't quite understand.

"Wait, what are these explosive packs you mentioned?"

Wanyan Longmu asked in confusion.

"It's just like gunpowder, only probably more powerful!"

The envoy didn't know the specific explanation and could only tell him based on his own understanding.

"They say there are countless more things like this?"

Wanyan Longmu's eyes rolled around, and I don't know what evil idea he was thinking about.

"Yes, there are many."

"Cities like the capital and Wuyue City all have stock."

"Not counting the inventory in the outer city, there are several large boxes in their camp alone. So many...!"

Having said this, he exaggeratedly opened his arms and gestured to Wanyan Longmu.

"Oh, little prince, here's a letter from Prince Ding'an, and a bottle of wine."

After receiving the envelope from the envoy, Wanyan Longmu hurriedly opened it and read it.

The more I looked at him, the deeper his frown became.

The envoy noticed that the little prince looked unhappy and wanted to stay away, so he timidly advised him:

"Little Prince, please don't be angry. There's no need to be angry with these Dayong people!"

The atmosphere in the room became increasingly depressing. He wanted to say goodbye and leave, but he didn't dare!

"I'm not angry!"

Wanyan Longmu explained it himself.

"Look, Xiao Jingyan sent me a letter wanting us to act out a war scene with him."

"They don't want to fight us in a real fight."

Xiao Jingyan's request stunned everyone around him, not just Wanyan Longmu.

"I have never heard that Prince Ding'an is so peace-loving."

Zhuge Yuan didn't understand either. He stroked his goatee and frowned for a long time.

"Little Prince, his meaning is very clear. Even if we don't want to help him act, we have to act. Otherwise, the explosives from last night would have been dropped on our soldiers."

It was Captain Tian standing by who was more insightful and figured out the trick.

They all witnessed the power of the mountain explosion yesterday, but they did not dare to anger the Xiao family army, for fear that they would blow up their entire country with a piece of gunpowder.

"You mean, I should agree to act with them?"

Wanyan Longmu glared at Captain Tian who made the suggestion. He always felt that if he agreed, wouldn't he be led by Xiao Jingyan by the nose?

"My little prince, the enemy is too powerful. If we don't agree, we will all die!"

Captain Tian risked his life to enlighten the little prince.

Wanyan Longmu was so angry that he clenched his fists and squeezed the letter paper in his hand into a small ball.

After hearing what Captain Tian said, Wanyan Longmu became even angrier.

But he did not take his anger out on Captain Tian, ​​but instead grabbed Zhuge Yuan by the collar.

"You useless thing, didn't you say that the Emperor of Dayong had cut off the Xiao family's army's food and weapons?"

"Didn't you say we just need to hold our troops for three months and kill them before they starve to death?"

"Explain to me, if the imperial court treated the Xiao family army as abandoned pawns, why would they give them gunpowder, saltpeter, and other things?"

Zhuge Yuan didn't know what to do for a moment. This was what his spies in the capital and the Dayong court said.

How come the Xiao family army suddenly has such powerful weapons?

Hearing the little prince mention food and fodder, the envoy added:

"When I visited the Xiao family's military bank, I discovered that they had a large amount of grain. The rice was pure white and smooth, without a speck of impurities, and each grain was plump and round."

"They also have countless charcoal fires and things to keep warm, each one exquisitely crafted. I'm short-sighted and haven't seen anything like it, but I've heard it's something similar to a hot water bottle."

"And their war horses, I see, are fed only with cornmeal!"

The last sentence completely broke Wanyan Longmu's defense.

Many of their people in Qianshuo could not afford to eat cornmeal, but the horses in Dayong were all fed with cornmeal!

It's simply inhumane!

Knowing that Dayong is a place of great feng shui, there's no need for such abundant resources, right?!

Seeing that the little prince was even angrier, the envoy quickly comforted him:

"Don't worry, young prince. I only saw horses in their camp. They have no cattle, sheep, or livestock. They only eat grain, which is not enough to fill them up!"

These words did give Wanyan Longmu a lot of comfort.

Although the climate was cold and resources were scarce in their former land, they had plenty of cattle and sheep.

"Tell this prince to send an invitation to Prince Ding'an. Tomorrow, this prince will pay a visit to him."

Wanyan Longmu didn't know what his plan was.

As soon as he said this, Captain Tian stopped him and said:

"Little Prince, you absolutely cannot do that. You are my former prince. You cannot go too deep into the enemy camp. If you encounter danger, the loss will outweigh the gain."

Wanyan Longmu said indifferently:

"Don't worry, this prince has his own way."

After he finished speaking, he did not forget to instruct his followers:

"You guys, go roast a lamb for this prince!"

He now needs to mend his wounded heart.

Their hometown was so poor and backward that they didn't even have rice. They could only eat beef and mutton for three meals a day.

"Little Prince, this is wine!"

The envoy presented Jiang Xiaobai and pointed to the word "wine" on the wine bottle to show Wanyan Longmu.

"Open it and try it."

Wanyan Longmu gave the order.

The envoy smiled embarrassedly. If he could open it, he wouldn't have to wait for someone to bring it back to him without drinking it all the way!

"I'm stupid and don't know how to open it."

Wanyan Longmu took the bottle and fiddled with it for a long time before he discovered that it was covered with a layer of aluminum foil. After removing the paper, he twisted it open.

He himself was quite embarrassed and used his power to order the envoy not to speak of this matter.

In order to prevent the wine from being poisonous, Wanyan Longmu asked the envoy to drink a sip first.

This is Jiang Xiaobai's 52-proof liquor. Although most of the liquors drunk by the old man are strong liquors, they are still far inferior to this one.

After just one mouthful, the envoy felt dizzy and his whole body was hot.

"Good wine!"

"It's really intense!"

The envoy did not forget to sigh.

Wanyan Longmu, who had already smelled the aroma of wine and couldn't wait any longer, quickly took a sip.

When he saw the entrance, he felt as if his entire skull was open!