After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Chapter 169 The only option now is peace talks

Ye Wuwei went to see Chu Taian.

Chu Taian was lying on the bed.

Seeing Ye Wuwei coming, Chu Taian wanted to get up.

Ye Wuwei quickly supported her: "Just stay here and don't move. I'll sit here and talk to you."

Chu Taian was not a shy person, so he did not move when he heard Ye Wuwei say this.

"You're really something. Qi Wu already knew he was cheating, so why are you taking it so seriously?"

"Women already have a harder time in the military than men. If you're afraid of hardship and pain, the soldiers won't obey you."

Chu Taian's words reminded Ye Wuwei of Ye Hongxia.

She was just a slave, but she rose to the position of captain, which must have been even more difficult.

Thinking of this, Ye Wuwei suddenly wanted to talk.

"My biological mother was also a female general."

Chu Taian didn't know Ye Wuwei's background, so he asked in surprise, "Your biological mother?"

"Ok.

Her name was Ye Hongxia. She was originally the personal maid of General Ye, whose clan was exterminated by Emperor Jingzheng. However, she was born with a love for martial arts and had a talent for it, so she followed General Ye into the military camp.

She rose to the rank of captain through her own abilities."

"I knew her and had heard of her deeds, but I didn't know she was your biological mother."

Ye Wuwei's spirits brightened: "What are her deeds?"

He and Ye Hongxia had been together for more than a month. Ye Hongxia boasted to him about many things, but never talked about her own achievements.

"At the age of 19, she single-handedly fought against the Atti army, defeating countless powerful enemies and earning the reputation of 'a single-handed warrior'.

Another time, after getting drunk, she rode her horse straight into the Northern Army camp, single-handedly weaving through the ranks and killing everyone. Only after an arrow shot her down did she retreat.

It is said that she preferred to shoot one or two of her enemies first, then charge into the enemy lines on horseback for hand-to-hand combat. However, she was a skilled warrior, often defeating many enemies alone.

Ye Wuwei smiled and said:

"That suits her wild ways.

She fought so fiercely, and she's lucky to still be alive."

"You like her very much?"

Ye Wuwei nodded:

"I like her very much, but I have never called her mother, and perhaps I will never do so in this life."

Chu Taian was puzzled:

"If you like her so much, why don't you call her mom? I want to call her mom now, but no one responds."

"My affairs with her are a little complicated."

Ye Wuwei couldn't say that he was a time traveler from the future.

"She is a very free and easy person. She doesn't care whether I call her mom or not, as long as I live a good life.

But I got along very well with her.”

"And your father?"

"According to Ye Hongxia, I am her illegitimate child with General Ye, but General Ye never knew of my existence until his death."

"Does His Majesty know your identity?"

"My identity is known to everyone. It was your brother who looked it up for me in the beginning."

Chu Taian then remembered that when Qi Wushuang knew Ye Wuwei, Ye Wuwei was a beggar.

"You must have suffered a lot when you were young, didn't you?"

"It's in the past."

It has indeed passed.

The original body drowned in a pond, and Ye Wuwei still has no memory of the original body.

……

**

Northland Military Camp

At this time, the Northern Army Camp was in chaos.

Several tribal leaders or generals stood up to accuse the prince:

"You repeatedly promised us that we would gain great wealth by traveling south, but now not only have we found nothing, we've also suffered a crushing defeat. Who will compensate us for our losses?"

"If you don't give us an explanation, I will go back to the north and complain to the king, asking him to compensate us."

"My Lord, your mother's tribe is wealthy. Your mother's tribe will compensate my tribe for its losses."

The eldest prince had a gloomy face and said nothing.

Seeing that the eldest prince remained silent, everyone turned their attention to the eldest prince's uncle and the generals of the Northern King's tribe.

The general of the Northern King Tribe said:

"If we talk about our tribe suffering the greatest losses, I have no place to complain.

When the eldest prince encouraged you to go south, the third prince opposed it and the king was hesitant. It was you who agreed to go south out of greed and instigated the king to make up his mind.

Now that there are losses, you blame us?

Therefore, the Northern Territory should be inherited by the Third Prince."

After this was said, the leaders and generals of each tribe agreed.

The eldest prince looked at Humuhan viciously, but still said nothing.

The eldest prince's uncle also said nothing.

In his heart, he actually blamed the eldest prince, but their tribe had a vested interest in the eldest prince, so he could not support the third prince.

Seeing that it was no use to continue arguing like this, the Imperial Master spoke up:

"Now that we've come to this, it's pointless for us to dwell on what happened in the past. Why don't we discuss what to do next?"

After the Imperial Master finished speaking, several tribal leaders and generals said to him, "The Imperial Master always has ideas. Why don't you point us in a direction?"

The Imperial Master pretended to think for a moment and said:

"This is a serious matter, and I don't have any good ideas.

Third Prince, you have always been far-sighted and opposed the southward march. Why don't you tell me what you think?"

Everyone looked at Humuhan.

Humuhan did not evade the question: "The only option now is to negotiate peace with the Qi Dynasty."

A leader asked: "Why do we want to negotiate with the Qi Dynasty?"

Humuhan spoke eloquently:

"What does the North lack most? Food and cloth.

It is because of the lack of food that we head south.

There's nothing wrong with the idea of ​​marching south, but now everyone can see that our military strength is far inferior to that of the Qi Dynasty."

Humuhan was interrupted by the eldest prince: "Humuhan, I suspect you are colluding with Qi Wushuang."

Humuhan looked at the eldest prince, smiled and said nothing.

The scene instantly fell into an eerie silence, and everyone thought of the horse business that Humuhan and Qi Wushuang had done before.

After a while, it was the general of the Northern King Tribe who broke the silence first: "Third Prince, please continue."

Only then did Humuhan pick up the topic again.

“A few years ago, we withdrew from the southern desert and retreated to the north because of Qi Wushuang. At that time, the military strength of the Qi Dynasty was not much different from ours.

Therefore, the reason why I opposed everyone going south this time was not because of the going south itself, but because the timing was not right.

I'm worried that if the war becomes protracted, we won't be able to return to the north in time and run out of food.

But this time the result was beyond my expectations.

I had no idea that the Qi Dynasty's iron weapons were so powerful, nor did I know that they were all equipped with iron weapons and tempered steel armor.

This is not just a question of leading weapons technology, but also related to military spending.

Everyone saw the war a few days ago. Do you think we have a chance of winning on the battlefield?

What’s more…”

At this point, Humuhan glanced at the eldest prince and paused for a moment, but he only paused for a moment and continued speaking:

"Since we have no chance of defeating Qi Dynasty on the battlefield for the time being, and we are short of food, why not open up trade with Qi Dynasty?

Let them sell us food and other technology; we also sell them cattle, sheep, horses and coal.

In this way, we will not starve, and we can also take this opportunity to recuperate and develop our strength.

That's why I said the best strategy now is to negotiate peace with the Qi Dynasty and discuss trade matters."

A leader followed and asked, "What is coal?