Chapter 1225 Gold Mine
Half a month later, Yun Zheng led his troops to the Dara tribe of Zhenhe.
The troops behind should be a few days late, after all, they still have to escort the food and supplies that Jia Yao prepared for them from the border between Beihuan and Zhenhe.
Greeted by Pang Jinjiu, they quickly entered the big tent.
"Has the news leaked out?"
As soon as Yun Zheng sat down, he couldn't wait to ask Pang Jinjiu.
"should not!"
Pang Jinjiu replied: "I have sent people to block all the roads leading from the Dala tribe to the other tribes! In addition, I have secretly sent people to monitor in all directions leading to the Le Dynasty. If anyone suspicious is found, they will be detained!"
"very good!"
Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction and asked, "Did the Eighteen Ghost Riders send back any news?"
"Your Highness, wait a moment!"
As Pang Jinjiu spoke, he quickly took out a map from under the bed in the big tent.
"This is the complete map sent back by the Eighteen Ghost Riders. It's more detailed than the map we got before!"
"In addition, they also brought back news that the Li Dynasty must have noticed our intention to attack them. Half a month ago, the Li Dynasty began to send reinforcements to Juncheng!"
"They initially estimated that Juncheng's current military strength should exceed 10,000 people."
"In addition, the Le Dynasty is not a monolithic entity. Thuy Son King of the Le Dynasty has a large army and may compete with the Grand Prince of the Le Dynasty for the throne..."
Pang Jinjiu reported to Yun Zheng in detail the latest news sent back by the Eighteen Ghost Riders.
Yun Zheng listened while checking the map.
This map is much more detailed than the one I saw in the Yanhuishan camp before.
Not only the dangerous passes of the Le Dynasty are marked, but also the major cities within its territory and the passages between the major cities are marked.
Judging from this map, there seems to be no better route to attack the Le Dynasty except to capture Juncheng.
Although Yazhou is also a direction, the road from Juncheng to Yazhou is not marked on the map.
From Juncheng to Yazhou, the main route should be water.
The possibility of a large army raiding Yazhou from other places is very small.
Now, the Le Dynasty is sending reinforcements to Juncheng, certainly to guard against them.
This is not good news.
But judging from the current situation, they can only knock on the door of the Le Dynasty after they capture Juncheng first.
However, there was also a struggle for power within the Le Dynasty, which was good news.
"Should we continue with our original plan?"
Miaoyin asked.
If Li Chao had not seen through their intentions, Yun Zheng's plan would have had a high chance of success.
But now, the Le Dynasty has noticed something.
If they follow their previous plan, their plan is likely to be exposed.
"We've brought the gold, so of course we have to proceed!"
Yun Zheng pointed to a tributary in the middle reaches of the Danshui River without hesitation and said, "Call the people from the Dara tribe to find a place nearby to start panning for gold, and then send people to spread the news of the discovery of a large gold mine..."
Regardless of whether this plan will succeed or not, we should give it a try.
If this plan doesn't work, then the only option is to launch a surprise attack on Juncheng.
"Yes!"
Pang Jinjiu obeys the order!
"Is this your way of attracting the Li Dynasty to attack?"
Ga Yao suddenly realized.
"Yup!"
Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "It's a gold mine with a high gold content that has already been mined. It depends on whether the Emperor of the Li Dynasty is interested in it!"
"You are really cunning!"
Jia Yao smiled at Yun Zheng, "No wonder you had so much gold escorted here! It turns out you were waiting for them here! However, if Li Chao doesn't fall for it, this may backfire!"
If Yun Zheng's plan fails, the Li Dynasty will likely become more vigilant and continue to send reinforcements to Juncheng.
If it works, it’s a brilliant idea that will catch people’s eyes.
If you fail, you are most likely digging a hole for yourself.
"It doesn't matter!"
Yun Zheng blinked at Jia Yao, "As long as they don't know the gold mine is fake!"
Gold mine?
Jia Yao was stunned, lowered his head and thought for a while, then he understood instantly.
"You are such a sinister and cunning villain!"
Jia Yao looked at Yun Zheng with a smile, her face full of admiration.
This bastard is so insidious!
He has exploited people's hearts to the extreme!
If the emperor of the Le Dynasty was not tempted by the gold mine with high gold content and had been mined, would others not be tempted?
As long as someone is interested, he has the possibility to divide the enemy and he will have something to do.
This non-existent gold mine could not only create some divisions within the Le Dynasty, but it might also help him attract some treacherous villains from the Le Dynasty.
At worst, he could attract some nobles of the Le Dynasty to "assist" Zhenhe in mining gold, and thus use coercion and inducement to make some people work for him, laying the foundation for the subsequent capture of Juncheng.
Of course, there are risks involved.
If there were people in the Le Dynasty who were smart enough to see through all his schemes and simply closed the country off from the outside and refused to have any contact with Zhenhe at all, all his plans would have failed.
"Let's take it one step at a time!"
Yun Zheng smiled indifferently, "It's only almost May now, we can fight until at least the end of August, there's still a lot of time in this world!"
If one plan doesn’t work, try another one!
Anyway, there is no way he would do such things as crossing the Dan River by force or attacking Juncheng by force.
Even if he would rather return empty-handed and waste all the food and supplies, he would not attack by force.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng asked Pang Jinjiu about the situation of the merchant ship.
At present, Pang Jinjiu can requisition a maximum of ten large ships from the Shuoji and Jigasu tribes of Zhenhe.
Each large ship could carry up to about seventy fully armored soldiers.
As for the floating boats for building the pontoon bridge, they are easy to mobilize.
The Shuoji and Jigasu tribes mainly make a living by fishing and hunting, and many people have fishing boats.
"Just ten large ships?"
Miaoyin was surprised.
A large ship can carry seventy people, and ten large ships can only carry seven hundred people across the Dan River.
This does not include the subsequent food, fodder, and war horses.
If they only rely on shipping, the Dan River will probably freeze again, and they have not yet transported all the supplies needed for the 50,000-strong army across the Dan River.
“There’s really no way around this.”
Pang Jinjiu said helplessly: "They don't trade with the Li Dynasty very often, so they don't need so many large ships..."
Zhenhe was a cold and bitter place, and the tribes had difficulty even filling their stomachs, let alone having much supplies to exchange with the Le Dynasty.
In this situation, why would we need so many big ships?
"Ten ships, then ten ships!"
Yun Zheng rubbed his head, "It's better than nothing..."
As he spoke, Yun Zheng began to instruct Pang Jinjiu and told him to make some preparations. He would go to the vicinity of Dan Shui in person to check it out tomorrow.
However, they certainly couldn't go there with much fanfare.
It would be best to have a small path that goes around the Dan River, or to make some simple camouflage.
After explaining everything, Yun Zheng stayed in the big tent with Jia Yao and Miao Yin.
They were a little tired after the long journey and it was time to take a rest.
However, Jia Yao did not rest, but stared at the latest map.
"what happened?"
Yun Zheng was puzzled and put his hands on Jia Yao's shoulders. "What's the problem?"
"No."
Jia Yao shook his head slightly, "I just want to see how to fight after taking over Juncheng..."
After conquering Juncheng?
Yun Zheng laughed in silence, "Do you really believe that we can capture Juncheng?"
"Sure!"
Jia Yao looked back, full of confidence, "Even if Juncheng is an iron wall, my husband will definitely be able to take it down!"
As Jia Yao spoke, she gave Yun Zheng a gentle kiss on the lips, which made Miaoyin feel a chill.
These two are so annoying...
