"Report!"
He Zudao was about to speak, he heard hurried footsteps coming from outside, and his heart skipped a beat.
Someone actually dared to barge into the main hall at this time; something must have happened.
"Your Highness, here is a letter delivered by express courier!" the man said, panting heavily.
800-li urgent delivery?
"Bring it here!"
Li Sansi's pupils contracted. An urgent message delivered by express courier was always about something extremely pressing. Could it be that the Emperor had found out about this and was now looking for trouble?
"From Xiliang Commandery, signed by the Heir of Northern Liang."
His expression turned strange when he saw the signature on the envelope. Lin Yi was actually writing to him at this time, and with such urgent delivery—what was he trying to do?
Li Sansi hesitated for a moment, then took out the letter directly.
Upon opening it, he couldn't help but laugh in anger, his face darkening as he said, "What a ridiculous Heir of Northern Liang! He actually wants to join forces with me to attack the Northern Region Barbarians! He's utterly absurd!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed; this was good news!
Lin Yi proactively invited his side to attack the barbarians. Even if they couldn't destroy Tuoba Yu, the emperor wouldn't doubt the prince anymore. Why would the prince be so angry?
"A joint attack on the barbarians?"
Upon hearing this, He Zudao was taken aback. Lin Yi hadn't mentioned this beforehand. He frowned and said, "Your Highness, Lin Yi meant well; he's just helping us out of this predicament."
This was clearly not right, at least not in line with Lin Yi's character. That guy was usually vindictive; when did he become so Gladness?
"Bullshit relief!"
Li Sansi slammed the letter down at him, angrily shouting, "That Little Wang's talk of a joint attack on the barbarians! He said that because of the heavy losses in suppressing bandits, he could only send a thousand men to help us attack Tuoba Yu!"
Tuoba Yu has 100,000 men. What use is giving this guy 1,000 men? What difference is there between this and attacking Tuoba Yu alone? There's absolutely no difference!
"This..."
"How can there be such shameless people in the world? This is what they call an alliance? A thousand people wouldn't even qualify as a defection."
"What a wicked Heir of Northern Liang! He's even worse than his father! What a cunning and villainous man!"
"What kind of cooperation is this? Let's just attack Tuoba Yu directly."
"I heard that the Heir of Northern Liang had a large army, how could he have lost so many that he only has a thousand men left? This is clearly a trap!"
Everyone was stunned. This was utterly shameless! A thousand people wanting to cooperate with someone else? That's just wishful thinking.
At this moment, He Zudao raised his head and said with a wry smile, "What this guy said before was all nonsense. His real purpose is to get us to fund their retraining of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. This guy is here to extort us!"
ah?
The group exchanged bewildered glances, then took the envelopes and confirmed that it was indeed the case.
[ The Xiliang Commandery has suffered heavy losses, but out of friendship, it is willing to send 1,000 elite troops to assist the Prince. Forced by the Tuoba Clan's covetousness of the Xiliang Commandery, I, your nephew, am preparing to train 50,000 elite troops to resist Tuoba Clan. I hope the Prince will consider the friendship between our two regions and provide some assistance. In the future, we will surely stand together and Wang Shou!]
Grass!
Li Yunqing slammed his fist on the table and roared, " Lin Yi, you scoundrel! This is clearly a scheme to get something for nothing! His thousand lousy elite troops want to exchange for the supplies of fifty thousand soldiers? That's just wishful thinking!"
That's way too dark!
He considered himself, Li Yunqing, to be quite heartless, but compared to Lin Yi, he felt he was far too kind and virtuous.
What kind of friendship is this? There's no friendship between these two places whatsoever. At most, they might team up occasionally, but their actual relationship is nothing special.
Li Sansi glanced at his son but didn't speak immediately, his mind racing with plans. He knew perfectly well that any talk of financial assistance was nonsense; Lin Yi was threatening him.
If they refuse to provide the grain, then they will publish this letter, and I will inevitably be drawn into the vortex of collusion with Tuoba Yu.
That lad is really ruthless!
There are two solutions to this problem: either we obediently deliver the supplies to Lin Yi, or we join forces with Lin Yi's thousand elite troops to attack Tuoba Yu.
The former loses food, but that's all material possessions.
The latter is a serious matter; they might suffer heavy losses. Even if they are cleared of suspicion, Lin Yi will likely gain the upper hand.
After all that, I still can only choose the first option.
He Zudao remained silent, knowing that only the prince could make this decision, and he absolutely could not interfere. Otherwise, it would be a huge problem whenever the prince was in a bad mood.
After pondering for a long time, Li Sansi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Give him the supplies, and send them over publicly, in a grand and ostentatious manner, preferably so that everyone knows about it."
Even if the letter is destroyed, Lin Yi can easily create another one.
After all, anyone with All Under Heaven sense could see that the Emperor was suppressing Northern Liang, but this matter couldn't be made public, otherwise what would All Under Heaven people think of the Emperor? Especially the people of Northern Liang, they would probably all rebel.
Therefore, he has to take the blame himself. Rather than bearing it silently, he might as well make a big show of it, so that at least he can gain the reputation of supporting Xiliang Commandery.
However, I cannot bear this loss alone; I must inform the Emperor.
The Xiliang Commandery!
When Lin Yi returned, he saw Ma Chao and Wang Yue in the courtyard and his eyes lit up. These two guys were finally back. Chen Qun and Jia Xu were also with them, and they were obviously talking about something.
Upon seeing Lin Yi, the four quickly stood up to greet him.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
Lin Yi waved his hand, went straight to the head seat, and said with a smile, "We're all family here, no need for formalities!"
Looking down from a high vantage point!
Seeing several renowned talents from the Three Kingdoms bowing before him, even Lin Yi, with his strong mentality, couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
With this lineup, what can these guys do to fight against us?
He had Jia Xu known for his cunning, as his advisor; Chen Qun to govern the region; Ma Chao and Zhang Liao to fight for him; and Wang Yue to secretly control the Net secret network of military forces).
These people are undoubtedly top talents; they could be independent and capable of handling any situation.
Now that everything is gathered in front of me, I am invincible.
He laughed and said, " Mengqi, how's your 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry doing? There should be some progress by now!" Last time, Ma Chao didn't even come back; he was directly sent to reorganize the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
All Under Heaven, it should have taken shape.
Ma Chao nodded, excitedly saying, "My lord, rest assured, with the addition of some reorganized men, our strength is already at full capacity of 100,000. With just a period of training, our fighting power will definitely increase significantly!"