Even before arriving in Northern Xinjiang, I have already begun to appreciate the wind of Northern Xinjiang.
Lin Ye and the others did not ride in a car, but rode their horses all the way north. When they were approaching the border, the wind was strong enough to cause the running horses to drift a little.
This time heading north, Lin Ye didn't take Zina and the others with him. After all, he couldn't predict what kind of danger there would be.
Although it's not as cold here at the border as in northern Xinjiang in winter, the wind is enough to make people feel annoyed.
People living in the south of the Yangtze River will probably find it strange if they encounter such a wind occasionally. If they are blown by such strong winds every day, I am afraid that every day in the future they will only think about how to escape as soon as possible.
The wind in the south of the Yangtze River can be a refreshing breeze blowing your face and the fragrance of rice flowers, while the wind in the north of Saibei can be the cool breeze in your crotch and buttocks.
The three thousand elite cavalry waiting here in advance have prepared supplies of food and grass.
You need to bring more food and grass because Lin Ye has no plans to go to Caoshu City to meet Hong Wuding. He must rush to Xiantang City as soon as possible to meet Yu Yu Chengchang.
The situation in Dongbo, God knows when, will undergo earth-shaking changes.
Going north along the way, Lin Ye saw devastation everywhere.
If an injured person is seriously injured but does not involve life or death, apply medicine to him, heal his injuries, and slowly recover. Although the scabs will be a little ugly, it will only be a little ugly after all.
The current Dongbo is like an injured person who was not likely to die but was not treated.
The man's wound was rotten, and maggots were even crawling in and out of the wound.
Large tracts of land are deserted and without human habitation, which shows that the people have chosen to flee the famine.
However, this is not a scene like this in Dongbo, but most areas do not have enough to eat.
This devastated land is a festering wound.
The more Lin Ye watched, the more frightened he became. He had guessed that things would change when he was in Yunzhou, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.
When the emperor was in Yunzhou, he once issued an order to allocate grain and grass for disaster relief in winter.
Lin Ye also saw with his own eyes that a large amount of grain and grass supplies left Yunzhou and were transported to Dongbo.
But obviously, none of these grain and grass supplies fell into the hands of the people in Dongbo.
If this matter was done by Hong Wuding, the general of the Dongbo garrison, it would be meaningless for Lin Ye to go to Caoshu City to see him, and it would be more dangerous than good.
That person must have saved up enough excuses to prepare for the disappearance of the disaster relief grain and grass, and to prepare for the memorial that Yu Yu Cheng submitted in a hurry.
Lin Ye is courageous and lonely, but he is not stupid.
The first thing to do now is to see Yu Yu Cheng Chong and stabilize Yu Yu Cheng Chong, and then, as the Protector of Sanbei, appease the people of Dongbo and allocate food and grass as soon as possible.
At the same time, he stayed in northern Xinjiang in winter.
After two months of bargaining, Yu Yu finally made a compromise.
He had to exchange for food. If he couldn't exchange for it, he didn't know how many people would die in Dongbo.
But he also knows that not many people can understand what he is doing now.
He wanted to exchange for food to save the lives of the people, but once the people knew about it, they would yell at him.
As the king of a country, he is in such a difficult situation, what else can he do except keep all his grievances in his heart.
This wonderful spring has passed. Without spring plowing, there will be no harvest in the summer.
As for the herds of cattle and sheep that Dongbo was once so proud of, they have gone through successive wars and starvation, and nowhere can they be seen again.
At that time, no...if not until that time, there will be one after another natural and man-made disasters in Dongbo, where people are dying of hunger.
"His Majesty."
Chen Weiwei glanced at Yu Yucheng hastily.
"Your Majesty would rather not go to the signing of the treaty this afternoon."
Chen Weiwei said: "Your Majesty can have an important minister sign the agreement on your behalf, but your Majesty cannot leave his name on that piece of paper."
Hearing this, Yuyu Chengchang felt warm in his heart. He never thought that the person who stayed with him during the most difficult time would be someone like Chen Weiwei.
He doesn't like Chen Weiwei, not from the beginning.
But now, he actually wanted to hold Chen Weiwei and cry. If he was not the king, he would have done so, but if he was not the king, why would he come here?
"I really can't go, and I won't send anyone to sign."
Yu Yucheng said hurriedly: "I have to delay it for a while... and see if there will be any miracles."
Chen Weiwei didn't understand what kind of miracle Yuyu Chengchang was still looking forward to at this time.
Yu Yucheng said hurriedly: "The Loufan people will not be in a hurry to ask me to sign. They will take advantage of this period to squeeze me hard, squeeze Dongbo, and then gather their troops."
Chen Weiwei suddenly realized that Yuyu Chengchang actually made no mistakes and was not stupid.
If Yu Yucheng had not come to meet the Loufan people in person and begged for mercy, the Loufan people would have already invaded Dongbo.
What Dongbo is like now, given how Loufan people have penetrated Dongbo, it is impossible not to know.
Even if you don't know it at first, you will get the news later that the people of Dongbo are in dire straits.
Then they will still negotiate with Yuyu Chengchang? Will they also give Yuyu Chengchang a chance to delay?
Chen Weiwei realized this, and his heart tightened. Yu Yu Chengchang must have some other arrangements, and that arrangement was the miracle he was looking forward to.
Yu Yucheng said hurriedly: "I don't know if the emperor is really going to give up winter fishing, so I can only keep trying."
"Since I learned that the Emperor is in Yunzhou, I have been sending people to Yunzhou, overtly and covertly, almost every month."
"However, these people sent out and the letters I personally wrote to the emperor are as if they have disappeared into the sea."
Yu Yucheng hurriedly looked at Chen Weiwei: "Don't you understand that some people don't want the emperor to know what Dongbo is like."
"I can only find another way..."
Perhaps it was the kindness that Chen Weiwei expressed just now that really moved Yu Yu into haste.
That's why Yuyu Chengchang said these words to him. This is the secret that Yuyu Chengchang doesn't want others to know easily.
"After the New Year, I knew that the situation in Dongbo could no longer be hidden. The emperor didn't know it because it was not the Dongbo people who hid it from the emperor, but the jade people."
"But it is impossible for the Loufan people not to know. Once they get the news and know that Dayu did not rescue Dongbo, they will definitely make a comeback."
"The only way I can think of is to come to Northern Xinjiang in person to delay the Loufan people and make them think that I really have no other solution."
Chen Weiwei asked: "Your Majesty, have you made other arrangements?"
Yu Yucheng nodded hurriedly.
For a moment, he didn't want to continue talking or tell Chen Weiwei this secret.
But in the end, Yu Yucheng hastily chose to believe in human nature.
He said: "After I noticed that Dayu's garrison in Dongbo blocked the news of going south, I arranged for thirty people, each of whom went to Guzhu with my personal letter."
"The general of Lone Bamboo is Ning Haitang. She was instrumental in rescuing the enemy in Lone Bamboo and is a close confidant of the Emperor. As long as she can receive a letter, Dong Bo can still be saved."
Chen sighed slightly.
Although what Yu Yucheng has done is right, it is difficult to succeed.
If Hong Wuding had ordered all city gates and roads going south to be blocked, they would even continue to patrol.
Then people heading towards Lone Bamboo should have a hard time getting there.
Chen Weiwei even judged that the imperial palace in Xiantang City was already being closely watched.
The interception of letters and memorials, and the interception of the messengers, even occurred inside and outside Xiantang City, and did not reach the frontier at all.
If he guessed correctly, then the problem was not just General Dayu named Hong Wuding.
Dongbo officials in Xiantang City, even military generals, imperial guards, and even the Jianghu forces in Xiantang City may be controlled by Hong Wuding.
"not good."
Chen Weiwei's expression suddenly changed.
He looked at Yu Yucheng and said hastily: "If your Majesty's every move in Xiantang City is being watched, then Hong Wuding must also know about your Majesty's coming to Northern Xinjiang."
Yu Yucheng said hastily: "Yes, how could I hide it from him? I never thought there would be any luck."
Chen Weiwei said: "If Hongwu is targeting the monarch, then the monarch personally coming to northern Xinjiang to meet the Loufan people is Hongwu's reason for sending troops."
"He is far away in Dongbo. There is no need to ask Emperor Dayu for instructions. He only said that the emperor has colluded with the Loufan people. He made a prompt decision. The jade people will not believe the Dongbo people. The jade people believe in the jade people."
Yu Yucheng smiled bitterly.
"What you said, I thought of when I left Xiantang City."
Chen Weiwei said anxiously: "Then why does Your Majesty come?"
Yu Yucheng said hurriedly: "If I don't come, the Loufan people will go south. If I come, Hongwu will lead his army to kill me, and I will definitely die. Then why don't I use my own life to strive for a miracle for the people of Dongbo."
He exhaled heavily.
"If General Ning Haitang can receive the letter, he will definitely try his best to inform the Emperor of Dongbo's situation."
"I will undoubtedly die. Just like my elder brother, my name has already been written on the death register."
"But I can't just die like that. I can save as much as I can. I'm not afraid of death, or even of being infamy, so what else am I afraid of?"
Yu Yucheng said hurriedly: "Do you know why I brought you here?"
After Chen Weiwei thought for a moment, he thought of the answer.
"Your Majesty thinks that I am a person sent by the emperor to monitor your Majesty."
"Yes, I did guess that, but now it seems that you are not. If you were, that would be great."
Yu Yucheng said hastily: "If you are, then the emperor will probably know about Dongbo's plight and my plight."
Chen Weiwei felt a little uncomfortable, he was still a little soft-hearted after all.
But this soft-heartedness did not last long.
He wants to help Yu Yu become a hasty, not for Dong Bo, and it has nothing to do with his conscience.
Just because Yu Yu Cheng Chong cannot die now, and without Yu Yu Cheng Chong's support, his weight as the leader of Shangyang Beizong is still far from enough.
Now, he unknowingly got involved in a conspiracy, and unknowingly became a grasshopper on a rope with Yu Yucheng.
So Chen Weiwei secretly decided at this moment that for her own sake, she must help Yu Yu Cheng hastily overcome this difficulty.
But how to spend it.
At this moment, Hong Wuding might have led his army northward.
Xiantang City is difficult to attack, but the northern border is much easier to attack.
After killing Yu Yu Chengchong, he wrote a memorial and sent it to Geling, saying that Yu Yu Chengchong had surrendered to the Loufan people and had a secret meeting with the Loufan people at Laifengkou.
Hong Wu decided to kill Yu Yu Cheng Chong because Yu Yu Cheng Chong wanted to let the Loufan people enter the customs.
He could even concoct a battle that didn't exist at all, telling how he bravely led the border troops to fight against the Loufan people.
The emperor learned that even if he had doubts, there was no evidence.
The weather will change in winter, and the Loufan people will move south. Chen Weiwei doesn't know who will benefit from this situation.
But he could see clearly that it would be of no benefit to him.