Chapter 180 Killing Yun Jin by surprise

The Tatar Khan was very clear-headed and knew that Prime Minister Lu was unreliable.

Even though this powerful official of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who held great power in the government, had committed treason, he was not foolish enough to cede the city.

The other party just wanted Yun Jin and his son to die on the battlefield, and then replace the marshal of the border guarding army with someone from his own faction.

He was greedy for power and murdered loyal officials. He ignored the safety of the border of the Great Zhou and only cared about forming cliques for personal gain and vying for power.

To be honest, if there was such a traitor in the Tatar court, he would definitely execute him without hesitation.

But now that a traitor has appeared in the Great Zhou, the Tatar Khan will only be overjoyed and actively seek cooperation with the other side.

“I, Tiemuda, am not easily fooled. If you dare to lie to me, you will pay the price with blood!”

The Tatar Khan sent a secret letter to the capital of the Great Zhou, which described in detail the unusual conditions of the border garrison troops in Yuzhou.

If the grain and fodder were really approved by Prime Minister Lu, then their deal would be invalid.

Tiemuda also wanted to send all the correspondence between the two to the Emperor of Great Zhou, so that Prime Minister Lu, who had turned against them at the last minute, would be doomed!
But if the food and fodder were not distributed by the Zhou court at all, but were obtained by Yun Jin through some unknown means.

Then Prime Minister Lu, who received the secret letter, would definitely take action, make arrangements in the capital, and kill Yun Jin by surprise.

No matter what the outcome is, the Tatars will reap the benefits.

All he had to do now was wait.

Wait for the internal strife in the Zhou Dynasty court to break out, and wait for Yun Jin to be schemed against by Prime Minister Lu until not even a bone is left!
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On this day, Yun Zhan wiped out a Tatar squad that was invading the border outside Xiongwu Pass.

After the one-sided battle, only two of the other side were left alive.

Yun Zhan personally led people to interrogate, and after severe torture, he learned an unexpected news.

“The Tatar Khan is mobilizing his troops and has decided to attack Yuzhou in 10 days.”

“It is said that the strength of this call is unprecedented. The enemy seems to know that we have sufficient food and supplies, and is ready to do our utmost to win this battle, and then rush into the city and plunder Yuzhou.”

Yun Zhan reported this to his father.

The border garrison camp immediately held an emergency meeting.

When the soldiers heard this, they all shouted bravely, “Let’s fight!”

Yun Zhan frowned and said with a worried look:
“It will take another three months for the new city wall to be completed, and then it will have to be maintained for a while before it can protect Yuzhou for a long time.”

“If we have to fight this battle, we must set the battlefield farther away so as not to hinder the craftsmen’s construction. We must also send people to patrol and protect the new city wall to prevent the currently built parts from being damaged.”

This means that a small part of the border defense force must be allocated.

Before the new city wall was completely built, it not only failed to provide much protection, but instead became a small weakness for them.

Although it could be rebuilt if it was destroyed, the finances of the Yuzhou government were very tight, and it might not be able to raise that much money in the future.

Using materials to compensate for wages is not a long-term solution. The guardian angel appears suddenly, and who knows if he will suddenly disappear one day?

If the city wall had not been completed by then and the wages were in arrears, who could afford the mess?

Using corvée to force ordinary people to work for free?

Yun Jin and his son are not that kind of people, and the current prefect Luo Kangcheng would not do such a conscienceless thing.

So they had to send forces to protect the city walls so that the hard-earned construction results could be preserved.

Yun Zhen happened to be listening in on their meeting. He learned that the border guards had some concerns, and that they had such concerns because she proposed building a city wall.

Yun Zhen stood up without hesitation.

“Leave the protection of the city walls to me.”

“You have seen my abilities before at the Xiongwu Pass battlefield.”

“With me guarding here, none of those Tatars will be able to get close to the city wall!”

“You don’t need to allocate forces for special protection. Just lead the soldiers to fight with confidence.”

Yun Jin and his son were stunned when they heard this, and then they remembered that the guardian god was indeed a powerful fighting force.

These days were relatively peaceful, and Yun Zhen did not display any force again.

The father and son subconsciously regarded her as a gentle and amiable granddaughter, forgetting how powerful and agile she was in sweeping across the battlefield.

Thinking about it now, I have a sense of contrast that I can’t describe.

Judging from her voice, she should be a delicate and gentle girl, but she is very generous in her actions, and is no less than a hero on the battlefield.

Yun Jin thought about it and immediately made the decision: “Okay! The children of my Yun family have always been extraordinary. They will never retreat even when faced with a crisis! The task of protecting the city wall is given to you. Also, send a team of 100 people to take turns on duty day and night to never let the Tartars get close!”

Once the matter was settled, all the generals felt the pressure suddenly reduced.

With such a powerful guardian protecting them in the rear, they will feel much more at ease fighting on the front line.

Everyone continued their combat meeting, while Yun Zhen quietly left to arrange other matters.

She first found Qiao Fa and Qiao Jiu and asked them to contact Luo Kangcheng, the governor of Yuzhou, and tell him that there would be a war here soon.

Next, she planned to increase the input of materials and attract people from other surrounding cities, so that everyone could work together to build the city wall and speed up the completion progress.

When Luo Kangcheng learned that a war was about to break out, he became very anxious and immediately arranged for people to contact local officials in the surrounding prefectures.

Mobilizing personnel from several prefectures was not something he could do alone.

However, everyone knows the principle of “the lips and the teeth are interdependent”, and the surrounding officials should not reject him.

What’s more, there are food and clean water as rewards, and the neighboring prefectures suffering from drought will only come more enthusiastically.

Yun Zhen went to the interstellar plane and asked Pei Qinian to help produce materials for building the new city wall.

The rammed earth, glutinous rice mortar, limestone and bluestone bricks that took a lot of time to prepare for the ancients can be accomplished by just waving their hands and making some arrangements for interstellar humans.

The production efficiency of the interstellar world is very high and the mineral resources are also very rich.

As long as Yunzhen provides the samples, they can find the minerals that meet the requirements within one day, start production within three days, and deliver the first batch of goods after five days.

People in the ancient dimension only need to be responsible for tamping the earth and building the walls, and the rest of the materials are left to her to prepare.

The team originally responsible for quarrying and cutting stones was also stopped and joined the large group building the city wall.

In order not to disturb the people of Yuzhou, Yun Zhen would deliver the materials to an open space near the city wall in the dead of night.

The soldiers on duty would cover for her, and no one would be allowed to approach or peek during the transportation of materials.

Some people may find it strange to suddenly see a pile of prepared materials every morning, but never see them transported on weekdays, or maybe no one cares.

Compared to exploring the source of the materials, the imminent war is the most worrying thing.