"What! The Xixia delegation was completely wiped out!"
In the main hall of Prince Zhao's mansion, Wanyan Honglie, upon hearing the news, stood up in shock, his eyes full of surprise and shock.
"Where's the prince? How is the Xixia prince?"
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince of Xixia and his accompanying minister Liang Deyi were all killed. Their bodies have been found and their identities have been confirmed."
Wanyan Honglie was so shocked that he fell down on his chair, his face changing from one to another.
The main reason was that this information was too shocking. Although Mongolia was rising and wars were frequent among countries, the situation of intercepting an envoy and beheading a prince of a country had never happened before!
But Wanyan Honglie reacted immediately and his face turned red with excitement.
"Good, good! God bless the Great Jin! The Xixia prince was killed by the Mongols, and the entire delegation was slaughtered. This is a huge shame for Xixia, and if we want to wash it away, we need the heads of the Mongols!"
As a royal noble, and one of the few intelligent ones among them, he was well aware that the national strength of the Great Jin Dynasty had been declining over the years.
The fierce cavalry that was once said to be invincible with tens of thousands of men has now disappeared. Although the remaining strength is not weak, it is difficult to support such a big country!
At this time, Mongolia, which had once been dependent on the Jin Dynasty, rose up. Temujin defeated Jamukha and Sangkun on the grassland and was about to unify the grassland, which was a further blow to the Jin Dynasty.
I didn't expect such a good thing to happen at this time!
On the other side, Xixia was of course extremely angry.
The Western Xia Emperor Li Zunxu was extremely angry about the prince's arbitrary decision to form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom, and he wanted to depose the prince immediately.
But unexpectedly, at this time, the news came that the crown prince had died. Immediately, all his emotions turned into grief. After all, this was his crown prince, the heir he had trained for many years, and now he died on the way back to the country, and the entire delegation was slaughtered. How could he not be heartbroken?
Human beings are the most complicated animals. The Xixia Emperor, who had just been extremely angry with the prince, was now plunged into grief again.
Then he was extremely angry. These Mongolian barbarians were simply beasts with the nature of snakes and jackals. They slaughtered the diplomatic envoys and killed his ministers and prince. He had to take revenge no matter what.
If we rely on the power of Xixia alone, it will be too difficult to deal with the Mongols. This is the experience gained from several lessons.
But if the Jin Dynasty was involved, the situation would be completely different. The two countries had already formed an alliance, and the Jin Dynasty was extremely wary of Mongolia. It was the best time to join forces to attack!
So the two countries quickly joined forces and launched a conquest of the Mongolian grasslands.
Of course, even though the Western Xia was eager for revenge, the Jin Kingdom also tried its best to go along with it, but this was, after all, a collaboration between two countries. No matter how hard they tried, it would take several months to prepare and start the war against Mongolia.
On the grassland, Genghis Khan, who had just unified the Mongolian tribes and began to test and launch an offensive against the surrounding regimes, did not expect that the usually weak Western Xia and the Jin Dynasty, which had been complacent for many years, would join forces like crazy and launch a frenzied attack on the grassland with all their national strength.
After learning the whole story, he became even more angry, because he had never given the order to encircle and kill the Western Xia prince and the envoys.
But the problem is that the Xixia prince and the delegation were clearly killed by Mongolian cavalry. There is sufficient evidence, and it can even be said that as long as the problem occurs on your territory, it is related to you.
Especially since there are so many tribes on the grassland, it is hard to find out which tribe did it. He has to take the blame even if he doesn't want to.
So he could only do his best to prepare for war. The shadow of war loomed over the grassland. This war was destined to be protracted and extremely tragic...
At this time, the culprit Lu Qingzhou had quietly returned to his mansion and was soaking in the warm hot spring. The feeling of comfort all over his body was intoxicating.
"Flutter"
The sound of flapping wings in the air made him open his eyes slightly.
"Oh, I have such a hard-working life."
He blew out a barely audible low whistle from his mouth. This was the special whistle he hired to train homing pigeons. Others needed to use a special whistle to make a sound in order to attract the pigeons to land, but Lu Qingzhou could just use his mouth.
After the pigeon lands, the small bamboo tube on its leg is opened to reveal information written in cipher text, which is actually a simple encryption method.
If it were in the future, it would be easily cracked by a cryptography expert, but in this period of time, this set of cryptographic methods is almost unbreakable, so even if his carrier pigeons were intercepted, it would be of no use.
After reading the above content, he rubbed the paper with his fingers, and the paper instantly caught fire and burned. It was not because the paper was coated with white phosphorus, but because his hand skills had reached a superb level. A light rub was like drilling wood to make fire, generating extremely high temperature and instantly ignited the paper.
"Okay, little one, go back to your nest. We have some delicious food prepared for you there. But be careful not to go to the backyard. There is a very powerful big cat there. Be careful not to get eaten."
The big tabby cat was actually a mountain raccoon raised by Mei Ruohua. One time, the master and his disciple caught it when they went hunting in the mountains.
This guy is very obedient to his master, but he is very wild. Climbing trees to catch birds and going to rivers to catch fish are all routine operations for him. When he saw the pigeons that Lu Qingzhou had people raise in the pigeon house, he was not going to let them go.
It was not until he was severely punished by Mei Ruohua several times that he became a little more obedient.
But this guy is still a bit of a loser outside, so I have to tell the carrier pigeons to stay hidden.
"How long are you going to soak? Come and eat."
Hearing his master's call, Lu Qingzhou responded, then jumped lightly and jumped out of the hot spring. The mist around him obscured his holy light. A moment later, he walked out fully dressed.
I saw that he was tall and straight, as graceful as an orchid and a jade tree, and his face was rosy and his eyes were bright after just taking a bath.
"Today's dishes are good, there are even big fish"
Mei Ruohua sat at the top, holding a civet cat in her arms, and gently stroking its fur with her delicate hands. The big civet cat looked very fat, probably more than 15 or 16 pounds. If it were an ordinary girl, she would definitely feel tired holding this big guy.
Only Mei Ruohua is a martial arts expert and doesn't care about the weight.
"Of course, I asked someone to buy this yesterday. Come and try it and see how it tastes."
"Meow meow"
Smelling the fishy odor and realizing that the meal was ready, the big raccoon couldn't help but scream.
"Haha, Sang Biao, let me tell you, this fish was bought for me by my master. It has nothing to do with you, so don't worry about it."
Mei Ruohua snorted: "I bought it for you, but can't my cat eat it? And I've already said that my cat slave is called Mo Shuang, not Sang Biao. What kind of name did you give it?"
"Meow"
The big raccoon cat Mo Shuang agreed with his master's call, saying that he was his master's baby and not some sadistic person.
Lu Qingzhou chuckled and said, "When this guy is in front of you, he is a Mimi, but when he goes out, he is a Sang Biao. I have lost two of my carrier pigeons."
But for a cat-loving woman, speaking ill of a cat is like speaking ill of her, so it's better to keep her mouth shut.
He hurriedly lowered his head and started to eat. Ever since he had power in his hands, he had a lot of money. With money in his hands, of course, he spent it on food, clothing and other daily necessities.
Moreover, practicing martial arts consumes a lot of energy, so all of his meals are extremely rich, and even contain medicinal foods. His rapid improvement in martial arts in recent years is also due to this reason.
At this moment, a servant suddenly came in to report
"Sir, the young prince wants to see you."