After Jiang Fan shot the arrow, the scene was silent and not embarrassed. Finally, Tang Yin first clapped his hands and said, "OK! Jiang Fan''s arrow technique really deserves its reputation, ha ha!" As he spoke, he picked up his bow and arrow again and shot an arrow obliquely into the sky, following Jiang Fan''s technique just now. However, after his arrow was shot out, it really flew to the sky, and the arrow did not change its direction. He shook his head with a bitter smile, put on the second arrow, and said to Nie Ze, "Nie Ze, there must be something wrong with returning to Beijing this time!"
Nie Ze returned to his senses, stepped forward quickly, nodded and said, "yes, your majesty, the purpose of returning to Beijing at the end of this time is to introduce someone to your majesty."
Tang Yin shot the arrow out again. As before, the arrow still flew straight to the sky. He took a deep breath and drew an arrow from the bodyguard. At the same time, he turned back, looked at Nie Ze squarely, smiled and asked, "is that the scholar who came with you?"
It turned out that the king had noticed Xun Xiu. Nie Ze quickly arched his hands and said, "it''s this person." After a while, he changed his words and said, "king, this man is Li Shu''s subordinate."
"Li Shu?" Tang Yin looked at Nie Ze puzzled.
Nie Ze explained: "Li Shu is the leader of the largest rebel army in Zhendi. He sent Xun Xiu to our country to discuss an alliance with our country."
"Never heard of it." Tang Yin smiled calmly, twisted his bow and arrow, raised his head to the guard of the rabbit cage. The guard understood, opened a rabbit cage and released the rabbit inside. The hare flew out with a snap of the arrow. He said slowly, "a mere rebel army dares to talk about alliance with our country. Are they qualified?"
Seeing that Tang Yin has talked about business with Nie Ze, Shangguan yuanrang and Jiang Fan also put away the mentality of the game, handed over their bows and arrows to the bodyguard next to them and stepped aside.
Nie Ze said, "Li Shu can''t be underestimated." While talking, he took the arrow pot from the bodyguard, took out an arrow, handed it to Tang Yin, and said: "now, there are more than 200000 troops under Li Shu''s command, occupying nearly two counties in Zhendi. If Li Shu''s army continues to grow, it can at least help our country contain tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Sichuan army. Even if they are defeated in the end, it can greatly consume the combat power of Sichuan army."
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes and didn''t answer immediately. His mind was turning sharply. If so, Li Shu, the rebel leader in Zhendi, can''t be underestimated.
He put on the arrow and didn''t have to say anything. The guard had consciously released the rabbit. A green light flashed in his eyes. Then he shot an arrow and killed the rabbit that had escaped into the forest. "Go and call that Xun Xiu!"
"Yes! King!" Nie Ze was so happy that he quickly bowed down and saluted. Then he leaned aside and waved to Xun Xiu behind him.
Xun Xiu was already impatient. Seeing that Nie Ze finally summoned himself, he was nervous and excited. He took a few deep breaths and walked forward quickly. Before Tang Yin approached, he was stopped by a nearby guard. Then, a guard came close to him and did a careful body search to confirm that he was not armed, so he let him go.
When he got to Nie Ze''s side, Xun Xiu knelt down and kowtowed obediently. His voice trembled and said, "villain Xun Xiu, meet your Highness the king of the wind."
"Yes!" Tang Yin just gave a faint reply and didn''t look at him. He looked at the rabbit fleeing into the forest with deep affection and concentration and shot the arrow in his hand. Whoosh! Go! With an accurate arrow, the hare rolled several meters away before it stopped.
"I heard that Li Shu sent you to see the king?"
"Exactly."
"The purpose of this trip is to form an alliance with our country?"
"Exactly."
"You only bring a mouth and want to form an alliance with our country. It''s too insincere!" Tang Yin lowered her head and smiled at Xun Xiu kneeling on the ground.
"Report back to your highness King Feng. The villain has brought the deployment map of Sichuan army in Zhendi to show the sincerity of my general."
Speaking, Xun Xiu quickly opened the package and took out a sheepskin roll from inside. A bodyguard took the sheepskin roll, looked it over carefully, and then handed it over to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin took over and unfolded it. What was drawn in it was a detailed topographic map of Zhendi, and clearly marked where there were Sichuan troops, where there were Sichuan troops'' checkpoints, fortresses, camps and the number of Sichuan troops, and even who the master general was.
If this map is true, it is obvious that Li Shu has spent a lot of effort in inquiring about intelligence. For Feng Guo, this intelligence map is also extremely precious. Tang Yin could not distinguish its authenticity and handed it over to Nie Ze. Nie Ze was much more familiar with the situation of Zhendi than he was.
Nie Ze also saw the map for the first time. After taking it, he lowered his head and identified it carefully. He is not very familiar with the inland situation of Zhendi, but he is familiar with the border situation of Zhendi. He basically knows where the Sichuan army is stationed and where there are Sichuan army checkpoints. Through the marking of the border Sichuan army on this map, he can conclude that this map should be true. After reading it, he nodded slightly to Tang Yin, indicating that the picture was right.
Tang Yin finally showed a smile on her face, waved to Xun Xiu and said, "get up!"
"Your Highness King Xie Feng!" Xun Xiuchang breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up from the ground.
"Tell me," Tang Yin said slowly, picking up the bow and arrow again. "You are just local rebels and occupy only a small area. Why should our country form an alliance with you?"
Xun Xiu looked straight and said, "Your Highness, although our territory in Zhendi is still very small, the people in Zhendi support us. This is our biggest capital." After a little pause, he said: "Zhen people hate Sichuan people deeply, but all the time, Zhen people lack cohesion and can''t organize effective resistance. Now my general has raised the banner of rejuvenating Zhen country, echoed in Zhen place, and all Zhen people with lofty ideals have come to vote..."
Before he finished speaking, Tang Yin youyou said, "in those days, there were also our Fengguo who sent troops to destroy Zhen. Presumably, Zhen people hated me, and Fengren hated me deeply?"
As soon as this remark came out, the bodyguards around raised their hands and fastened the sword under their ribs. Nie Ze on one side could not help but change his face slightly.
Xun Xiu hurriedly said: "Your Highness Fengwang doesn''t know. Although Fengjun once invaded Zhendi, they came quickly and walked quickly, and didn''t do anything to hurt Zhenren. Unlike the state of Sichuan, they occupied Zhendi, enslaved our Zhenren, indiscriminately killed innocent people, and regarded our Zhenren as inferior to our livestock. If the hatred of Zhenren is 100%, the hatred towards Fengguo is less than 10%, while the hatred towards the state of Sichuan is more than 90% !”
Tang Yin was stunned, and then looked up and smiled. Zhen people are hard to tame. At the beginning, he didn''t advocate dividing Zhen country and didn''t want an inch of land in Zhen country. Now it seems that his original decision was still very wise.
"Then tell me more about what you can help our country and what kind of help you need from our country after the alliance?"
"Holding back a large number of Sichuan troops for the country of wind, so that the country of Sichuan has to be distracted. This is our greatest help to the country of wind." Xun Xiu said without thinking about it.
Well, that''s right. Tang Yin asked again, "what do you want?"
"This..."
"Let''s be frank. I think you won''t ask too little from me." Tang Yin raised her mouth and shot the arrow in her hand.
"As your highness King Feng said, now we are in urgent need of armaments, food, grass and military pay. As long as we can get enough armaments, food, grass and military pay, our combat power will be more than doubled, and we will definitely become the most powerful ally of the wind country."
What Xun Xiu said is true. Now the only thing Li Shu doesn''t lack is soldiers and horses. As for the others, almost everything is lacking. Armament is not something you can incite the people to do in three to five days. It needs the support of a strong industrial foundation. The building of weapons, the manufacturing of armor and the construction of ordnance have a direct impact on the combat effectiveness of an army. As for money and food, it is more important. It is the lifeline of the whole army. Now Li Shu Department does not have these at all.
In any case, it is not enough for an army to be close to 200000 grain. It is not enough to support a single county.
If we can form an alliance with the wind power and get the assistance of the wind power, the difficulties encountered by Li Shu will no longer be a problem, and the growth speed will be doubled.
"Oh, it''s money, food and armaments." Tang Yin smiled, drew out an arrow, played it casually in his hand, and said slowly, "of course, our country is short of money, food and armaments. However, our country''s money, food and armaments are not from the strong wind. We have to make the best use of everything. Just, I don''t know whether you are qualified to receive assistance from our country."
"Your Highness the wind king means..."
Tang Yin threw the bow and arrow in his hand to Xun Xiu and said with a smile: "let''s bet. If you can shoot the rabbit that ran away, I can meet what you want. If you can''t shoot, our country will not help you with a penny and a grain, and your head will stay."
Hearing this, all the wind generals around laughed. Only Nie Ze''s eyebrows twisted into a pimple. Xun Xiu was a civil servant rather than a military general and asked him to shoot an arrow. In any case, he could not shoot a fleeing rabbit in the dark. It was really difficult for the king to offer such conditions.
He whispered, "Your Majesty..."
Tang Yin waved to him, interrupted him, stared at Xun Xiu with both eyes, smiled and asked, "why, Mr. Xun doesn''t dare to gamble? If so, where do you come from and where do you go back? You''re not qualified to talk with the king any more."
At this time, Xun Xiu was sweating. He had never touched a bow and arrow before, but he wanted to shoot a rabbit in the dark. He couldn''t do it anyway, and even he wasn''t sure he could pull the bow string apart.