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The king of Teng Kingdom looked at the messenger calmly, slowly narrowed his eyes and said, "Show it up."

The messenger's hand reached into the close-fitting layer of clothes. After a while, a secret letter wrapped in oil paper appeared in his hand. It looked ordinary, with several neat fonts on it: "The Lord of Teng Kingdom personally opened it."

The king of Teng Kingdom unfolded the secret letter, scanned the contents quickly, and suddenly sighed deeply.

The tone and words of the content above are completely different from the official tone and clichés brought by the messenger in front.

"The Lord of Teng Kingdom expressed his respect for the letter that was a fraud. He was worried about encountering a disaster on the road, so he used two secret letters of Yin and Yang. This letter was written by my own handwriting, and every sentence is true. I hope the Lord of Teng Kingdom will tell you clearly."

"Recently, a strange army broke into our territory and occupied Yingcheng soon. The capital of Zou State was in a hurry. Although he responded immediately, he ordered the general to recruit troops and commanded a total of 10,000 troops to conquer the rioters. He did not want the commander to make a mistake and was killed halfway through, and 10,000 troops were wiped out in an instant."

"This alien army is huge, with tens of thousands of people, and it is not a small country that can compete with me. I told the truth that the rioters covet the capital every day, and the Zou Kingdom is in a critical situation."

"Zou and Teng Kingdom have been dependent on each other for generations, and survived in the cracks between great and great countries in troubled times. The king of Teng Kingdom must know that it is so difficult, so no one can ask for Zou Kingdom. If you want a big country, you will definitely take the opportunity to swallow our country. Only Teng Lord can trust you."

"Zou State, a small country, I would like to ask the Teng State Army to not forget the truth that the two countries have lost their lips and are cold and lead their troops to help. Although the thief has a huge force and a large number of people, they are almost chaotic and have no weapons, money and food, so they must not last long."

"The State of Zou has already strengthened its walls and cleared its fields. Within tens of hundred miles of Yingcheng, there is no people, and there is no supply of weapons, money and food. The thief is like a trapped beast, and it is the time of weakness. If Tengjun leads troops to help, he will be able to break through Yingcheng with our elite troops. At that time, our country is willing to offer the land of Hexi as a thank you."

The king of Teng Kingdom breathed a long sigh of relief, and a complicated gaze flashed in his eyes.

That's the land of Hexi.

The Hexi land is located in the border area between Teng and Zou. Although the area is not large, there is a large amount of river sand production in the territory.

The sand production in Hexi every year is equivalent to one-quarter of the entire Zou Kingdom.

The king of Zou State was willing to use the land of Hexi as a condition for exchange, which seemed to have really invested a lot. At the same time, it also shows that the current situation of Zou State is indeed a "critical survival and death".

Moreover, the meaning of the king of Zou State is very obvious. No one in our country of Zou State can ask for help now, so we can only ask for help from neighboring countries.

If we ask for help from major countries such as Zhao and Wei, as the saying goes, it is easy to ask for gods and it is difficult to send gods. It is easy for them to lead troops into Zou, but it is difficult to let them leave.

At that time, they are very likely to take the opportunity to find a reason to take Zou Guo.

Therefore, the king of Zou State could only choose to believe in Teng State.

The king of Teng waved his hand and held Jinwu to let go of the envoy of Zou. The king of the king said slowly, "I already know what the king of Zou means."

The envoy of Zou looked at the lofty king without fear, "Then Your Majesty means...I also hope that Your Majesty can give an accurate reply, so that I can also give our monarch an explanation."

The king of Teng Kingdom took a breath, thought for a while, and said, "Please wait outside for a while. I will write a secret letter, and you will bring it to the king of Zou Kingdom."

A guard brought up paper and pen. The king of Teng Kingdom looked at the empty paper and pondered for a while, and slowly finished writing.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to agree to the request of the king of Zou and share the whole country's strength with support to Zou?" The old prime minister Jiang Hua seemed a little excited.

The king of Teng Kingdom did not answer. His hand speed was very fast. In a short while, he had completed a secret letter, "Let the messenger of Zou Kingdom come in."

With a command, the envoy of Zou, who had just been tortured, returned to the hall and bowed to the Lord of Teng Kingdom, "Your Majesty."

"The secret letter has been written and sealed with wax. You must bring the secret letter to your monarch intact, do you understand?"

"Even if Your Majesty doesn't say it, I will do this." The envoy of Zou State smiled faintly, bowed slightly again, and left the hall.

Looking at the messenger's back as he left, the king of Teng turned his head and looked at the old prime minister, and smiled and said, "Prime Minister Jiang, although we promised to rush to Zou State, this does not prevent us from leaking the news to Zhao State Wei State and Chu State."

...

In the border city of Tengguo.

After Lin Tao occupied the border city, he temporarily detained Jiang Meng, Lu Sansi and others.

In order to make full use of these free labor, Lin Tao asked them to work eight hours a day to exchange for the food for the day based on their working hours.

Jiang Meng was very disdainful and boycotted Lin Tao's policy at the beginning, and took the lead in passively slacking off work.

However, after being hungry for a day and a half, this guy worked honestly. Seeing that the boss had surrendered, Lu Sansi was no longer stubborn and joined the army of working.

Lin Tao is quite humane to these people, and the main content of their work is mining.

There is a small-scale iron ore near the Border City. During the time of General Li, a mine was planned to be built here.

However, after Jiang Meng took over, he believed that this matter was of no use and that there was not enough labor to mine in the border city, so the matter was put on hold.

Lin Tao, like General Li, thought, saw the potential of this mine and decided to restart the project here that had just been shelved.

Now, although they have a border city, they strictly speaking only have an empty shell.

Without an army or sufficient weapons and equipment, it is difficult for them to defend such a small border town with dozens of them.

It can be said that as long as Tengguo takes action and sends troops to conquer the border city, Lin Tao will definitely choose to abandon the city and escape without hesitation, and he can only choose to abandon the city and escape.

Lin Tao asked Jiang Meng to re-activate the mine with two hundred people. If nothing unexpected happens, they can make the mine officially run in about half a month.

Although this is a small mine, it is dirty and humid, and I have to eat dirt every day, and the working environment is quite harsh. Not only Jiang Meng, but even ordinary soldiers are definitely unwilling to be regarded as free labor and spend the rest of their lives in such a place.

At that time, the problem Lin Tao will face will not only be that these people are passive and slacking off, but that they may riot.

However, these are things to be considered in the future. The most urgent problem he needs to face at present is that after they learn that after they occupy the border city, they will send troops to attack them and how many troops will be sent to attack them.

For this reason, Lin Tao sent Ma Long and Su Qingzhou to spy on the first day of occupying the border city, as early as the first day of his occupation of the border city.

Although it is very difficult for them to find out the detailed trends and intelligence of Tengguo, after all, their identities are there, and the intelligence network is limited and they cannot access the top leaders, Lin Tao does not need too detailed intelligence.

He only needs to know whether the Teng Kingdom sent troops to attack the border city. If the Teng Kingdom really sent troops to come, then they must be prepared to deal with it in advance and must not wait until the enemy troops arrive at the city before thinking about retreating.

Teng Kingdom is a small country. Su Qingzhou and Ma Long returned to the border city on the evening of the second day of departure, and went straight to the general's mansion in the city to find Lin Tao.

"How is it? Are there any trends in Tengguo?" Lin Tao asked hurriedly, a hint of nervousness flashing in his eyes.

Ma Long and Su Qingzhou looked at each other, and Ma Long said, "I'll say it, the army of Teng Kingdom has indeed moved in the past two days..." Seeing the nervous expression on Lin Tao's face, Ma Long immediately added, "But it was not for us, but for Zou Kingdom."

"Zou Guo?" Lin Tao's mind turned quickly and he realized instantly, "They went for Meinanling and the others!"

Ma Long nodded faintly and said, "And it is an army of nearly 10,000 people."

Su Qingzhou added, "We have also found out in Tengguo. This army is indeed going to support Zouguo. Meinanling and others have occupied the second largest city of Zouguo, Yingcheng, and are preparing to further occupy the entire Zouguo."

Ma Long suddenly thought of something and said, "Brother Lin Tao, do you think Mei Nanling and others can deal with the joint attacks between Zou and Teng Kingdom this time?"

Lin Tao asked without answering the question, saying, "Do you hope Meinanling can win this fight?"

Ma Long suddenly hesitated and said, "Although I was driven out by Meinanling and others, there are our former compatriots in the fairy world there... Brother Lin Tao, do you hope Meinanling and others will be defeated?"

In other words, do you want to see your compatriots in the fairy world be destroyed?

Lin Tao seemed to have thought of such an answer for a long time, and smiled faintly, saying, "Brother Ma, I have never been a good person. In fact, emotionally speaking, I also hope that Meinanling and others will be taught a lesson, and were beaten to the point of falling, and regretted that they did not listen to me at the beginning, and were so proud and arrogant to show off in the real world."

"But, rationally speaking, I hope that Meinanling and others can win. Only when they defeat their opponents can our borderland survive. Otherwise, after Tengguo and Zouguo have finished packing up Meinanling, the next step will be pointed at us. Do you think that with our current strength, will we be the opponent of this huge army?"

Although Ma Long didn't say anything, his expression had already answered Lin Tao, "That's really a joke."

Lin Tao nodded in agreement and continued, "However, regardless of emotion or reason, I think from a realistic perspective, Mei Nanling and others have a great chance of winning. After all, their strength is there, and they are tens of thousands of people in the immortal world."

"Then," Ma Long pondered and asked, "Tengguo and Zouguo, even though they knew that the team in Meinanling was so large, why did they still have to hit the stone with eggs?"

Isn’t that a joke for 20,000 people to beat 50,000 elites?

Lin Tao sighed and said, "Tengguo and Zouguo must have a backup plan. The most likely result is that Tengguo has pulled other countries into this muddy water. However, these have nothing to do with us at the moment. Our top priority is to find a way to survive."

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