Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"Qin Ming has already formed his troops here. It seems he has guessed our internal situation. If you wish, you can actually station your troops here."

Xiao Tianzhu delivered all the information about Qin Ming to Yan Zheng.

After seeing the current situation, Yan Zheng did not agree directly.

Although this is an opportunity to send out all the troops in his hands.

But he was also worried about what would happen after that.

"If all the Tiger Roar Guards were sent to them, I'm afraid there would be problems."

"The troops on the front line won't be able to stop Qin Ming's offensive. Even if we send troops over, we have to tear off a piece of their flesh..."

Xiao Tianzhu agreed with Yan Zheng’s words.

If Qin Ming's troops swallowed up all the Tiger Roar Guards, they would surely sweep across all the remaining battlefields.

It is possible to capture Yan Zheng’s capital!

They couldn't let Qin Mingbai get such a huge advantage.

"Your Highness is right. Do you have any good ideas?"

"Behind Huangpo Mountain... is the Tongtian River, right?"

Yan Zheng looked at the map and soon saw a river.

The mountain range Qin Ming chose is called Huangpo Mountain.

There is a river behind Huangpi Mountain, named Tongtian River.

This river is one of the guarantees of their prosperity.

Because it is an agricultural civilization, many cities and villages are gathered beside rivers.

This will also make it easier for them to irrigate crops and cultivate fields.

Tongtian River is a major river here, which feeds countless people.

"You mean... Tsutenkaku?"

Xiao Tianzhu was a smart man and quickly understood what Yan Zheng meant.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Since Tongtian River feeds countless people, it naturally cultivates some powerful forces.

Just like Tongtian Tower, it is the underworld force on Tongtian River.

Although Ji Yunfang, the master of Tongtian Pavilion, is not a noble, his status in this area is higher than many fifth- and sixth-rank nobles.

The reason is that this guy controls the entire upstream and downstream areas of Tongtian River.

His Tongtian Pavilion has connections with many nobles, and even Yan Zheng would ask him for help from time to time when he was moving goods.

Through this river, Tsutenkaku's power has continued to expand over the years.

Now they have even built several factories of their own.

He even controlled countless ships and became a local tyrant.

If we can launch a large-scale attack on Qin Ming from this river this time.

Plus the troops rushing over from the surrounding land.

Maybe he could catch Qin Ming off guard and inflict a heavy blow.

Only in this way will their death as Tiger Roar Guards have meaning.

"This person is both good and evil, and difficult to approach. If you need his help, I can go there, but I'll need Your Highness to write a personal letter for me, make some promises to him, and give him some benefits."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Tianzhu slowly spoke and made a request to Yan Zheng.

Since it is a cooperation, it is natural for both parties to exchange some interests with each other.

"can."

Yan Zheng did not refuse. After a while, he picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Yan Zheng.

Although the two had already discussed it and figured out how to bring the other party into the group.

But in the end, they still had no idea.

Logically speaking, the status of the Jianghu forces in the Yan Dynasty should not have been so high.

Just like Daqian, no matter how powerful the underworld forces are, they are powerless when facing the imperial court.

But this is exactly the difference between Yan Dynasty and Daqian.

Their people are all in charge of the affairs within their own fiefdoms.

There simply aren't many lords willing to contribute.

Unless it is forced by the court.

It's like quelling some chaos in the underworld within one's own fiefdom.

This is actually very difficult for many sixth or seventh-class nobles, and it is easy to get hurt.

In addition, some underworld forces are not limited to their territory.

It is very likely that they have crossed their own territory and invaded other territories.

Of course, most of them didn't make too many threatening moves.

Then these lords don’t need to care at all and just let it go.

If some underworld forces know their place, they might even make friends with these noble lords.

There are benefits, and you don't have to spend time and resources to maintain it. This has allowed many underworld forces in the Yan Dynasty to gradually develop and soon reach a scale similar to Tongtian Pavilion.

And they don't have to care about the faces of people like Yan Zheng at all. After all, they are from the underworld, and the barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

When others respect them, they will treat them well.

There's nothing you can do about it, they're just sticky people.

If you are not satisfied, you can come and fight, but the effort and impact on people's livelihood will be huge, and no noble is willing to act rashly.

Even Yan Zheng is like this.

……

On the other side, after Qin Ming discussed the strategy with Yan Ziqiong, he called Zhao San over and prepared to ask him to arrange people to be deployed to the Huangpi Mountains first.

After seeing Qin Ming's arrangement, Zhao San said to Qin Ming in a somewhat strange tone:

"Your Majesty, there's a Tongtian River behind us, and on top of it there's a Tongtian Tower. It's said to be the home of a local tyrant. If they were to make a move from behind, your plans would be easily breached."

"Will the underworld forces here also get involved in the struggles between nations? Why haven't I seen this before?"

Qin Ming was a little confused. This was not the first time he had come to Yan Dynasty.

In every war, the underworld forces of the Yan Dynasty did not show any radical behavior. Some people who were afraid of chaos in the world were even willing to join Qin Ming's army.

"They may not necessarily take action. They basically only act for their own benefit, but I am worried that Yan Zheng will contact their people during this period."

"To be on the safe side, I can go over and talk to them in person if you need."

Zhao San volunteered, which made Qin Ming take this matter seriously.

After carefully looking at the Tongtian River next to Huangpi Mountain, Qin Ming frowned slightly and asked him:

“How many people can cross this river?”

"If we prepare early, we can have tens of thousands of dollars."

"The key is that this river is extremely wide. If the enemy prepares here, they can do anything on the other side without you noticing."

After hearing what Zhao San said, Qin Ming nodded slowly, and then gave him a new order.

"You can contact the local nobles in the next few days and see if they are willing to provide some ships so that we can set up defenses here in advance."

Qin Ming came here from afar in a large ship, but after landing they did not have many ships to control.

If the other party came from Tongtian River, Qin Ming could only rely on the local nobles who had originally agreed with them to provide help and ask them to provide boats.

But at this time, Zhao San on the side shook his head.

"Your Majesty, this should be impossible. All ships on the Tongtian River are controlled by Tongtian Tower."

"what?!"