Chapter 1495: Learn the Reason

At noon, Jia Yao and Shen Kuan led their troops to Heji.

After not sleeping for a day and a night, Jia Yao couldn't bear it anymore.

After handing over the interrogation of Alec to Shen Kuan, he went to rest.

When Jia Yao woke up, it was already night.

Upon learning that Jia Yao had woken up, Li Gu immediately asked someone to bring hot food and sent someone to notify Shen Kuan.

Shen Kuan arrived while Jia Yao was still eating.

"How was the trial?"

Jia Yao ate with big mouthfuls and asked without even raising his head.

Shen Kuan's face was not very good, and he said in a deep voice: "The Gaoqin tribe's attack this time is related to Hailanduo!"

"Who?"

Jia Yao suddenly raised his head.

"Hailandro!"

Shen Kuan thought Jia Yao had forgotten about Hailanduo, so he immediately reminded her, "She was the woman who insisted on pestering Your Highness last year! Heshelie's daughter!"

When talking about Hailanduo, Shen Kuan's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

If possible, he would rush to Hailanduo right now and hack her to death with his sword.

"I know her!"

Jia Yao frowned, "How did this matter get involved with her again?"

Under Jia Yao's questioning, Shen Kuan finally told everything he had interrogated from Alec.

Before this, they knew that a coup had taken place in the State of Li and that the rebellious ministers of the State of Li had killed Wang Chi.

But they didn't know that this so-called traitor of the State of Li was actually Li Xian, the former Minister of War of the State of Li.

Hailanduo married a minor nobleman from the Kingdom of Li last year.

Later, Hailanduo was favored by Wang Chi again.

Alec didn't know the specific process, but it was just that these two people got together secretly.

Hailanduo originally wanted Wang Chi to launch a rebellion.

But Wang Chi was frightened last year and did not dare to launch a rebellion.

Later, Hailanduo somehow got involved with Li Xian again.

Inspired by Hailanduo's words, Li Xian decided to kill Wang Chi and replace him.

However, Li Xian also knew that with their strength alone, even if the coup was successful, they would not be able to escape death as long as Daqian intervened.

Therefore, Li Xian sent people to contact the Gaoqin tribe in advance, intending to conspire with the Gaoqin tribe to deal with Daqian.

Li Xian thought that as long as Daqian was destroyed, he could cede Baishan Road and Pingxu Road to the Gaoqin tribe.

But Li Xian underestimated the appetite of the Gaoqin people.

After they defeated Wang Qi's troops with a treacherous plan, the Gaoqin people occupied the capital of the Li Kingdom.

Li Xian had only been on the throne for a few days when he was killed by the Gaoqin people.

It was also because Li Xian died too quickly that they had only heard of the traitor of the Le Dynasty before, but did not know who the traitor was.

With Li Xian being killed, Hailanduo also fell into the hands of the Gaoqin tribe.

And Hailanduo's beauty played a role again.

The Gaoqin leader Yin Zhi did not kill Hailanduo, but took Hailanduo into his arms.

Yin Zhi's ancestor was also a Li people. Because he committed a capital crime, he was forced to flee to the Gaoqin tribe. Because he was quite talented, he was reused by the leader of the Gaoqin tribe.

By the time of Yin Zhi's generation, the Yin family had become a behemoth in the Gaochin tribe, and even the Gaochin chieftain had to act according to their wishes.

"It seems that Yun Zheng has a very good eye for people!"

Jia Yao's eyes flashed coldly, and he asked again: "Is Heshilie involved?"

"It's not like he doesn't know this." Shen Kuan shook his head and said, "But I think Heshelie is probably unaware of this. It's all Hailanduo who is doing this secretly."

Hailanduo got married last year.

Since then, he has lived in the royal city of Le.

Hesheli is a relatively sensible person. If he knew what Hailanduo had done, he would probably stop it.

Jia Yao thought for a moment and asked, "Who is stationed in Zhenhe now?"

"It's Ji Ran. He is now the governor of Zhenzhou and Hezhou."

Shen Kuan replied: "It is the former governor of Fuzhou. Madam should have seen him."

"Some impression."

Jia Yao thought about it for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Send someone to Zhenhe from the sea and inform Ji Ran of this matter. Regardless of whether Hesheli is involved in this matter, let Ji Ran be more careful of Hesheli! In addition, send someone to Beihuan..."

Having said this, Jia Yao suddenly stopped.

Well, you don’t have to explain this yourself.

If Yun Zheng got the news from the State of Li, he would definitely send the Beihuan cavalry to station in Zhen and He states first to ensure that there would be no more rebellion in Zhen and He states.

"Forget it, just let Ji Ran be on guard against Heshilie."

Jia Yao took back the rest of his words and asked, "Have you found out the enemy's troop strength?"

"Ask clearly."

Speaking of this, Shen Kuan's face suddenly became solemn. "The enemy was not bragging before. The Gaoqin tribe really sent out 80,000 troops this time, and they were all armored soldiers! This is almost all the troops of the Gaoqin tribe!"

"Eighty thousand armored soldiers?"

Jia Yao's eyelids twitched, somewhat incredulous, "Can the Gaoqin tribe have such a strong military force? Can they forge so many weapons and armors?"

Although Jia Yao didn't know much about the Gaochin tribe, in her opinion, it was impossible for the Gaochin tribe, which lived in a remote area, to have so many armored warriors.

“The Kochin people acquired the blacksmithing skills from overseas.”

Shen Kuan replied: "According to Alec, more than ten years ago, some people came from the sea and landed in the territory of the Gaoqin tribe. The leader of the Gaoqin tribe regarded them as distinguished guests. Not only did he entertain them warmly, but he also gave them a lot of money and property! To express his gratitude, those people from overseas taught them new forging skills..."

Over the years, the Gaoqin tribe was ostensibly confronting the Li Kingdom at Lishan Pass, but in reality they had no intention of going to war with the Li Kingdom. They had been gathering strength and waiting for the right opportunity to take down the Li Kingdom in one fell swoop.

The Li Kingdom's decision to let the wolf in gave the Gaoqin people the best opportunity.

Listening to Shen Kuan's words, Jia Yao couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

More than ten years ago?

In other words, that group of people arrived at the Gaoqin tribe earlier than those who accidentally ran to Beihuan?

Do people overseas not only have better shipbuilding skills, but also better forging skills?

What is the world like overseas?

Jia Yao was extremely curious, but also understood Yun Zheng.

No wonder Yun Zheng always wanted to explore overseas. It turned out that there were really many things overseas that they didn’t know about.

Yun Zheng's vision was indeed much longer-term than his own.

In other words, Yun Zheng's vision has far surpassed that of anyone else in this world.

Jia Yao sighed for a while and asked again: "Are the troops ready?"

"It's ready."

Shen Kuan replied: "Now, we already have 9,000 cavalry."

Thanks to the fact that Shen Kuan had trained his soldiers in horseback archery in the past, many of their soldiers could be converted to cavalry on the spot as long as there were war horses.

Although they are not as good as experienced cavalry, they can still fight on the battlefield.

"Are there any movements from the enemy forces in the coastal direction?"

Ga Yao asked again.

Shen Kuan shook his head and smiled, "There is no movement for the time being. I guess the enemy over there hasn't received the news that Alec's troops were almost annihilated!"

"Does the enemy have navy?" Jia Yao asked worriedly.

If they were to fight on the ground, she dared to say that she was not afraid of anyone except Yun Zheng.

But she really knew nothing about naval warfare.

"Yes, but very few."

Shen Kuan smiled and said, "I have asked this question from the Gaoqin captives before."

The Gaochin people only have a small port, which cannot accommodate many warships.

There is a larger port in the north, but because the port there is often frozen throughout the year, the sea ice will cause great damage to warships, so that port can only be used as a fishing port.

The Gaoqin tribe had less than 4,000 naval forces and very few warships.

In this battle, the Gaochin navy did not participate, but only deployed defense at the port to prevent them from launching a surprise attack with the navy and threatening the security of the Gaochin territory.

After hearing Shen Kuan's words, Jia Yao finally felt relieved.

If that’s the case, then that’s easy!

Jia Yao thought for a moment and ordered: "Rest in Heji tonight, and continue to retreat to Longqing Prefecture tomorrow! In addition, I will leave 3,000 cavalry for you!"

"I won't need it!"

Shen Kuan immediately refused, "I am here to guard Longqing Prefecture, so I don't need these 3,000 cavalry! Let these 3,000 cavalry follow Madam, they will be more useful!"

The more troops Jia Yao leads, the safer they will be.

"What do you mean it's useless?"

Jia Yao glared at Shen Kuan and said, "I told you to defend, and you really only know how to defend? When have you ever seen Yun Zheng just defending blindly? With these three thousand cavalrymen, you can do a lot more!"